Blair vs Fort Calhoun

A side-by-side comparison of Blair and Fort Calhoun: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blair has the higher population (7,868 vs 1,246 in Fort Calhoun). Fort Calhoun has the higher median household income ($96,071 vs $76,292 in Blair). Fort Calhoun has the higher median home value ($271,600 vs $211,000 in Blair).

Population, income & housing

	Blair	Fort Calhoun
Population	7,868	1,246
Median age	40.2 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,292	$96,071
Median home value	$211,000	$271,600
Median gross rent	$941	$1,073
Housing units	3,403	522
Homeownership rate	73.9%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blair	Fort Calhoun
Population	7,781 → 7,868 (+1.1%)	882 → 1,246 (+41.3%)
Median household income	$51,056 → $76,292 (+49.4%)	$64,342 → $96,071 (+49.3%)
Median home value	$148,500 → $211,000 (+42.1%)	$163,100 → $271,600 (+66.5%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $941 (+30.3%)	$880 → $1,073 (+21.9%)

Blair

Population

7,7817,868

Median household income

$51,056$76,292

Median home value

$148,500$211,000

Median gross rent

$722$941

Fort Calhoun

Population

8821,246

Median household income

$64,342$96,071

Median home value

$163,100$271,600

Median gross rent

$880$1,073

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blair	Fort Calhoun
Under 5	7.7%	2.7%
5 to 17	16.9%	18.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	12.5%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.8%	15.2%
65 to 74	11.6%	14.9%
75 and over	8.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blair	Fort Calhoun
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blair	Fort Calhoun
No high school diploma	3.0%	5.0%
High school graduate	26.1%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blair	Fort Calhoun
Drove alone	85.8%	83.2%
Carpooled	5.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	6.9%
Other means	0.4%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blair	Fort Calhoun
1-unit, detached	74.3%	62.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	10.9%
20 or more units	2.0%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Blair	Fort Calhoun
Poverty rate	9.7%	11.9%
Average household size	2.35	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1971	1987