Bladen vs Blue Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Bladen and Blue Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blue Hill has the higher population (794 vs 174 in Bladen). Bladen has the higher median household income ($63,194 vs $62,273 in Blue Hill). Blue Hill has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $63,900 in Bladen).

Population, income & housing

	Bladen	Blue Hill
Population	174	794
Median age	50.3 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,194	$62,273
Median home value	$63,900	$162,500
Median gross rent	—	$723
Housing units	100	402
Homeownership rate	97.6%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bladen	Blue Hill
Population	175 → 174 (-0.6%)	983 → 794 (-19.2%)
Median household income	$44,688 → $63,194 (+41.4%)	$50,313 → $62,273 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$51,800 → $63,900 (+23.4%)	$104,200 → $162,500 (+56.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$575 → $723 (+25.7%)

Bladen

Population

175174

Median household income

$44,688$63,194

Median home value

$51,800$63,900

Blue Hill

Population

983794

Median household income

$50,313$62,273

Median home value

$104,200$162,500

Median gross rent

$575$723

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bladen	Blue Hill
Under 5	2.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.8%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	9.7%
25 to 34	5.2%	16.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.6%
45 to 54	12.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	20.1%	12.8%
65 to 74	19.5%	7.7%
75 and over	4.6%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bladen	Blue Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.9%
Some other race	3.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bladen	Blue Hill
No high school diploma	5.4%	6.1%
High school graduate	46.9%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bladen	Blue Hill
Drove alone	83.1%	92.8%
Carpooled	1.1%	4.8%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	9.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	1.4%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bladen	Blue Hill
1-unit, detached	93.0%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Bladen	Blue Hill
Poverty rate	5.2%	12.4%
Average household size	2.05	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1938	1966