Blue Hill vs Guide Rock

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

Blue Hill and Guide Rock 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 295 in Guide Rock). Blue Hill has the higher median household income ($62,273 vs $44,286 in Guide Rock). Blue Hill has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $47,200 in Guide Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Hill	Guide Rock
Population	794	295
Median age	40.3 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,273	$44,286
Median home value	$162,500	$47,200
Median gross rent	$723	—
Housing units	402	157
Homeownership rate	67.8%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Hill	Guide Rock
Population	983 → 794 (-19.2%)	204 → 295 (+44.6%)
Median household income	$50,313 → $62,273 (+23.8%)	$46,250 → $44,286 (-4.2%)
Median home value	$104,200 → $162,500 (+56.0%)	$21,900 → $47,200 (+115.5%)
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

Guide Rock

Population

204295

Median household income

$46,250$44,286

Median home value

$21,900$47,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Hill	Guide Rock
Under 5	6.0%	0.7%
5 to 17	13.6%	24.7%
18 to 24	9.7%	6.1%
25 to 34	16.6%	5.1%
35 to 44	10.6%	22.7%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	9.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	9.8%
75 and over	13.5%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Hill	Guide Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	67.5%
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%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	31.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Hill	Guide Rock
No high school diploma	6.1%	18.3%
High school graduate	34.0%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	43.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Hill	Guide Rock
Drove alone	92.8%	61.5%
Carpooled	4.8%	34.1%
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%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Hill	Guide Rock
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	Guide Rock
Poverty rate	12.4%	18.3%
Average household size	1.96	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	20	35
Median year structure built	1966	1938