Scottsbluff vs Terrytown

A side-by-side comparison of Scottsbluff and Terrytown: population, income, housing, and more.

Scottsbluff and Terrytown are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Scottsbluff has the higher population (14,406 vs 730 in Terrytown). Scottsbluff has the higher median household income ($53,448 vs $43,750 in Terrytown). Scottsbluff has the higher median home value ($141,300 vs $100,000 in Terrytown).

Population, income & housing

	Scottsbluff	Terrytown
Population	14,406	730
Median age	37.0 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,448	$43,750
Median home value	$141,300	$100,000
Median gross rent	$966	$786
Housing units	6,658	353
Homeownership rate	55.7%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Scottsbluff	Terrytown
Population	14,737 → 14,406 (-2.2%)	1,195 → 730 (-38.9%)
Median household income	$44,354 → $53,448 (+20.5%)	$36,875 → $43,750 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$116,600 → $141,300 (+21.2%)	$79,800 → $100,000 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $966 (+24.2%)	$642 → $786 (+22.4%)

Scottsbluff

Population

14,73714,406

Median household income

$44,354$53,448

Median home value

$116,600$141,300

Median gross rent

$778$966

Terrytown

Population

1,195730

Median household income

$36,875$43,750

Median home value

$79,800$100,000

Median gross rent

$642$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Scottsbluff	Terrytown
Under 5	6.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.2%	21.1%
18 to 24	9.9%	5.1%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	15.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.0%
55 to 64	9.6%	16.2%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.0%
75 and over	9.5%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Scottsbluff	Terrytown
White (non-Hispanic)	66.1%	58.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	2.5%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	29.1%	34.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Scottsbluff	Terrytown
No high school diploma	11.0%	20.2%
High school graduate	25.2%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Scottsbluff	Terrytown
Drove alone	80.4%	78.5%
Carpooled	10.9%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.7%
Worked from home	5.4%	12.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Scottsbluff	Terrytown
1-unit, detached	65.0%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	20.7%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.8%
20 or more units	8.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Scottsbluff	Terrytown
Poverty rate	17.1%	33.6%
Average household size	2.27	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	10	20
Median year structure built	1965	1970