Blue Hill vs Red Cloud

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

Blue Hill 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 794 in Blue Hill). Blue Hill has the higher median household income ($62,273 vs $50,536 in Red Cloud). Blue Hill has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $64,800 in Red Cloud).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Hill	Red Cloud
Population	794	991
Median age	40.3 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,273	$50,536
Median home value	$162,500	$64,800
Median gross rent	$723	$549
Housing units	402	540
Homeownership rate	67.8%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Hill	Red Cloud
Population	983 → 794 (-19.2%)	1,095 → 991 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$50,313 → $62,273 (+23.8%)	$36,989 → $50,536 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$104,200 → $162,500 (+56.0%)	$51,200 → $64,800 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $723 (+25.7%)	$344 → $549 (+59.6%)

Blue Hill

Population

983794

Median household income

$50,313$62,273

Median home value

$104,200$162,500

Median gross rent

$575$723

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)

	Blue Hill	Red Cloud
Under 5	6.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	13.6%	15.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	6.0%
25 to 34	16.6%	12.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	9.3%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.8%	15.1%
65 to 74	7.7%	13.4%
75 and over	13.5%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Hill	Red Cloud
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	87.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Hill	Red Cloud
No high school diploma	6.1%	6.4%
High school graduate	34.0%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Hill	Red Cloud
Drove alone	92.8%	78.7%
Carpooled	4.8%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	1.4%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Hill	Red Cloud
1-unit, detached	78.4%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Blue Hill	Red Cloud
Poverty rate	12.4%	12.8%
Average household size	1.96	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1966	1938