Bruning vs Deshler

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

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

Deshler has the higher population (772 vs 267 in Bruning). Bruning has the higher median household income ($70,833 vs $60,000 in Deshler). Bruning has the higher median home value ($101,700 vs $96,800 in Deshler).

Population, income & housing

	Bruning	Deshler
Population	267	772
Median age	35.1 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,833	$60,000
Median home value	$101,700	$96,800
Median gross rent	$870	$444
Housing units	112	342
Homeownership rate	92.0%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bruning	Deshler
Population	288 → 267 (-7.3%)	817 → 772 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$47,917 → $70,833 (+47.8%)	$48,295 → $60,000 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$69,000 → $101,700 (+47.4%)	$66,000 → $96,800 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	$510 → $870 (+70.6%)	$590 → $444 (-24.7%)

Bruning

Population

288267

Median household income

$47,917$70,833

Median home value

$69,000$101,700

Median gross rent

$510$870

Deshler

Population

817772

Median household income

$48,295$60,000

Median home value

$66,000$96,800

Median gross rent

$590$444

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bruning	Deshler
Under 5	9.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	18.0%	23.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	3.5%
25 to 34	14.2%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.4%
45 to 54	8.6%	8.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	6.5%
65 to 74	8.2%	13.7%
75 and over	6.7%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bruning	Deshler
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	91.7%
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%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bruning	Deshler
No high school diploma	5.2%	7.2%
High school graduate	24.3%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bruning	Deshler
Drove alone	83.2%	79.1%
Carpooled	2.7%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.4%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bruning	Deshler
1-unit, detached	100.0%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Bruning	Deshler
Poverty rate	2.2%	6.2%
Average household size	2.67	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	13	14
Median year structure built	1971	1952