Blue Hill vs Cowles

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

Blue Hill and Cowles 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 3 in Cowles). Since 2019, Blue Hill's population has grown faster (-19.2% vs -72.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Hill	Cowles
Population	794	3
Median age	40.3 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,273	—
Median home value	$162,500	—
Median gross rent	$723	—
Housing units	402	2
Homeownership rate	67.8%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	66.7%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Hill	Cowles
Population	983 → 794 (-19.2%)	11 → 3 (-72.7%)
Median household income	$50,313 → $62,273 (+23.8%)	—
Median home value	$104,200 → $162,500 (+56.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$575 → $723 (+25.7%)	—

Blue Hill

Population

983794

Median household income

$50,313$62,273

Median home value

$104,200$162,500

Median gross rent

$575$723

Cowles

Population

113

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Hill	Cowles
Under 5	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	66.7%
55 to 64	12.8%	0.0%
65 to 74	7.7%	0.0%
75 and over	13.5%	33.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Hill	Cowles
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Hill	Cowles
No high school diploma	6.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	34.0%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	66.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Hill	Cowles
Drove alone	92.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	4.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Hill	Cowles
1-unit, detached	78.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Hill	Cowles
Poverty rate	12.4%	0.0%
Average household size	1.96	1.50
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1966	—