Bruning vs Chester

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

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

Chester has the higher population (274 vs 267 in Bruning). Bruning has the higher median household income ($70,833 vs $54,875 in Chester). Bruning has the higher median home value ($101,700 vs $72,600 in Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Bruning	Chester
Population	267	274
Median age	35.1 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,833	$54,875
Median home value	$101,700	$72,600
Median gross rent	$870	$850
Housing units	112	135
Homeownership rate	92.0%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bruning	Chester
Population	288 → 267 (-7.3%)	289 → 274 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$47,917 → $70,833 (+47.8%)	$44,375 → $54,875 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$69,000 → $101,700 (+47.4%)	$44,200 → $72,600 (+64.3%)
Median gross rent	$510 → $870 (+70.6%)	$775 → $850 (+9.7%)

Bruning

Population

288267

Median household income

$47,917$70,833

Median home value

$69,000$101,700

Median gross rent

$510$870

Chester

Population

289274

Median household income

$44,375$54,875

Median home value

$44,200$72,600

Median gross rent

$775$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bruning	Chester
Under 5	9.0%	10.6%
5 to 17	18.0%	17.9%
18 to 24	8.2%	5.5%
25 to 34	14.2%	13.1%
35 to 44	14.2%	13.1%
45 to 54	8.6%	6.9%
55 to 64	12.7%	21.9%
65 to 74	8.2%	6.6%
75 and over	6.7%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bruning	Chester
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.9%
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%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bruning	Chester
No high school diploma	5.2%	3.9%
High school graduate	24.3%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bruning	Chester
Drove alone	83.2%	80.0%
Carpooled	2.7%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bruning	Chester
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	Chester
Poverty rate	2.2%	12.0%
Average household size	2.67	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	13	13
Median year structure built	1971	1938