Bruning vs Carleton

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

Bruning and Carleton 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 180 in Carleton). Carleton has the higher median household income ($79,118 vs $70,833 in Bruning). Bruning has the higher median home value ($101,700 vs $87,300 in Carleton).

Population, income & housing

	Bruning	Carleton
Population	267	180
Median age	35.1 yrs	27.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,833	$79,118
Median home value	$101,700	$87,300
Median gross rent	$870	—
Housing units	112	64
Homeownership rate	92.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bruning	Carleton
Population	288 → 267 (-7.3%)	54 → 180 (+233.3%)
Median household income	$47,917 → $70,833 (+47.8%)	$86,875 → $79,118 (-8.9%)
Median home value	$69,000 → $101,700 (+47.4%)	$63,800 → $87,300 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$510 → $870 (+70.6%)	—

Bruning

Population

288267

Median household income

$47,917$70,833

Median home value

$69,000$101,700

Median gross rent

$510$870

Carleton

Population

54180

Median household income

$86,875$79,118

Median home value

$63,800$87,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bruning	Carleton
Under 5	9.0%	8.9%
5 to 17	18.0%	16.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	18.3%
25 to 34	14.2%	11.1%
35 to 44	14.2%	9.4%
45 to 54	8.6%	21.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	6.1%
65 to 74	8.2%	3.3%
75 and over	6.7%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bruning	Carleton
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	96.7%
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	11.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bruning	Carleton
No high school diploma	5.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	24.3%	54.5%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bruning	Carleton
Drove alone	83.2%	64.0%
Carpooled	2.7%	20.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.4%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	11.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bruning	Carleton
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bruning	Carleton
Poverty rate	2.2%	1.1%
Average household size	2.67	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	13	21
Median year structure built	1971	1940