Alexandria vs Bruning

A side-by-side comparison of Alexandria and Bruning: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bruning has the higher population (267 vs 77 in Alexandria). Bruning has the higher median household income ($70,833 vs $51,771 in Alexandria). Bruning has the higher median home value ($101,700 vs $50,700 in Alexandria).

Population, income & housing

	Alexandria	Bruning
Population	77	267
Median age	58.3 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,771	$70,833
Median home value	$50,700	$101,700
Median gross rent	—	$870
Housing units	86	112
Homeownership rate	95.1%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alexandria	Bruning
Population	144 → 77 (-46.5%)	288 → 267 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $51,771 (+16.7%)	$47,917 → $70,833 (+47.8%)
Median home value	$21,400 → $50,700 (+136.9%)	$69,000 → $101,700 (+47.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$510 → $870 (+70.6%)

Alexandria

Population

14477

Median household income

$44,375$51,771

Median home value

$21,400$50,700

Bruning

Population

288267

Median household income

$47,917$70,833

Median home value

$69,000$101,700

Median gross rent

$510$870

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alexandria	Bruning
Under 5	1.3%	9.0%
5 to 17	2.6%	18.0%
18 to 24	2.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	10.4%	14.2%
35 to 44	1.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	26.0%	8.6%
55 to 64	26.0%	12.7%
65 to 74	26.0%	8.2%
75 and over	3.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alexandria	Bruning
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	86.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	11.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alexandria	Bruning
No high school diploma	2.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	54.2%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alexandria	Bruning
Drove alone	82.5%	83.2%
Carpooled	5.0%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	2.7%
Other means	5.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alexandria	Bruning
1-unit, detached	97.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alexandria	Bruning
Poverty rate	26.0%	2.2%
Average household size	1.88	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	20	13
Median year structure built	1938	1971