Bladen vs Red Cloud

A side-by-side comparison of Bladen and Red Cloud: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Red Cloud has the higher population (991 vs 174 in Bladen). Bladen has the higher median household income ($63,194 vs $50,536 in Red Cloud). Red Cloud has the higher median home value ($64,800 vs $63,900 in Bladen).

Population, income & housing

	Bladen	Red Cloud
Population	174	991
Median age	50.3 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,194	$50,536
Median home value	$63,900	$64,800
Median gross rent	—	$549
Housing units	100	540
Homeownership rate	97.6%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bladen	Red Cloud
Population	175 → 174 (-0.6%)	1,095 → 991 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$44,688 → $63,194 (+41.4%)	$36,989 → $50,536 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$51,800 → $63,900 (+23.4%)	$51,200 → $64,800 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$344 → $549 (+59.6%)

Bladen

Population

175174

Median household income

$44,688$63,194

Median home value

$51,800$63,900

Red Cloud

Population

1,095991

Median household income

$36,989$50,536

Median home value

$51,200$64,800

Median gross rent

$344$549

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bladen	Red Cloud
Under 5	2.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.8%	15.5%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	5.2%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	9.3%
45 to 54	12.6%	13.5%
55 to 64	20.1%	15.1%
65 to 74	19.5%	13.4%
75 and over	4.6%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bladen	Red Cloud
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	87.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.6%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bladen	Red Cloud
No high school diploma	5.4%	6.4%
High school graduate	46.9%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bladen	Red Cloud
Drove alone	83.1%	78.7%
Carpooled	1.1%	8.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	9.0%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	3.4%	2.8%
Other means	2.2%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bladen	Red Cloud
1-unit, detached	93.0%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Bladen	Red Cloud
Poverty rate	5.2%	12.8%
Average household size	2.05	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	30	14
Median year structure built	1938	1938