Cowles vs Guide Rock

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

Cowles and Guide Rock are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Guide Rock has the higher population (295 vs 3 in Cowles). Since 2019, Guide Rock's population has grown faster (+44.6% vs -72.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Cowles	Guide Rock
Population	3	295
Median age	54.5 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$44,286
Median home value	—	$47,200
Housing units	2	157
Homeownership rate	50.0%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.7%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cowles	Guide Rock
Population	11 → 3 (-72.7%)	204 → 295 (+44.6%)
Median household income	—	$46,250 → $44,286 (-4.2%)
Median home value	—	$21,900 → $47,200 (+115.5%)

Cowles

Population

113

Guide Rock

Population

204295

Median household income

$46,250$44,286

Median home value

$21,900$47,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cowles	Guide Rock
Under 5	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	24.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	5.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	22.7%
45 to 54	66.7%	13.9%
55 to 64	0.0%	9.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	9.8%
75 and over	33.3%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cowles	Guide Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	67.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	31.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cowles	Guide Rock
No high school diploma	0.0%	18.3%
High school graduate	33.3%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	43.6%
Bachelor's degree	66.7%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cowles	Guide Rock
Drove alone	100.0%	61.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	34.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cowles	Guide Rock
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cowles	Guide Rock
Poverty rate	0.0%	18.3%
Average household size	1.50	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	—	35
Median year structure built	—	1938