Litchfield vs Loup City

A side-by-side comparison of Litchfield and Loup City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Loup City has the higher population (988 vs 287 in Litchfield). Litchfield has the higher median household income ($58,438 vs $50,625 in Loup City). Loup City has the higher median home value ($101,500 vs $84,500 in Litchfield).

Population, income & housing

	Litchfield	Loup City
Population	287	988
Median age	45.6 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,438	$50,625
Median home value	$84,500	$101,500
Median gross rent	$688	$860
Housing units	157	470
Homeownership rate	82.9%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Litchfield	Loup City
Population	300 → 287 (-4.3%)	975 → 988 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$54,643 → $58,438 (+6.9%)	$34,777 → $50,625 (+45.6%)
Median home value	$45,900 → $84,500 (+84.1%)	$69,800 → $101,500 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $688 (+4.2%)	$525 → $860 (+63.8%)

Litchfield

Population

300287

Median household income

$54,643$58,438

Median home value

$45,900$84,500

Median gross rent

$660$688

Loup City

Population

975988

Median household income

$34,777$50,625

Median home value

$69,800$101,500

Median gross rent

$525$860

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Litchfield	Loup City
Under 5	8.0%	7.8%
5 to 17	16.4%	25.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	3.2%
25 to 34	9.4%	8.2%
35 to 44	7.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.4%	8.3%
55 to 64	27.2%	9.6%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.0%
75 and over	3.8%	17.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Litchfield	Loup City
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Litchfield	Loup City
No high school diploma	5.6%	8.8%
High school graduate	32.1%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	45.9%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Litchfield	Loup City
Drove alone	73.2%	82.5%
Carpooled	4.2%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.9%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	3.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Litchfield	Loup City
1-unit, detached	94.3%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Litchfield	Loup City
Poverty rate	16.4%	9.9%
Average household size	2.45	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	21	15
Median year structure built	1938	1946