Bradshaw vs McCool Junction

A side-by-side comparison of Bradshaw and McCool Junction: population, income, housing, and more.

Bradshaw and McCool Junction are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

McCool Junction has the higher population (740 vs 377 in Bradshaw). McCool Junction has the higher median household income ($115,833 vs $70,919 in Bradshaw). McCool Junction has the higher median home value ($138,500 vs $98,300 in Bradshaw).

Population, income & housing

	Bradshaw	McCool Junction
Population	377	740
Median age	30.2 yrs	25.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,919	$115,833
Median home value	$98,300	$138,500
Median gross rent	$956	$847
Housing units	155	299
Homeownership rate	68.8%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradshaw	McCool Junction
Population	331 → 377 (+13.9%)	389 → 740 (+90.2%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $70,919 (+20.7%)	$53,750 → $115,833 (+115.5%)
Median home value	$77,200 → $98,300 (+27.3%)	$125,000 → $138,500 (+10.8%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $956 (+53.0%)	$764 → $847 (+10.9%)

Bradshaw

Population

331377

Median household income

$58,750$70,919

Median home value

$77,200$98,300

Median gross rent

$625$956

McCool Junction

Population

389740

Median household income

$53,750$115,833

Median home value

$125,000$138,500

Median gross rent

$764$847

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bradshaw	McCool Junction
Under 5	23.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.4%	9.7%
18 to 24	2.4%	27.2%
25 to 34	21.0%	19.3%
35 to 44	5.6%	8.2%
45 to 54	7.7%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.1%	11.1%
65 to 74	6.9%	4.3%
75 and over	6.6%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradshaw	McCool Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	60.2%	94.1%
Black or African American	5.0%	0.9%
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	0.5%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	34.2%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bradshaw	McCool Junction
No high school diploma	6.3%	2.3%
High school graduate	32.9%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	47.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradshaw	McCool Junction
Drove alone	89.2%	84.0%
Carpooled	7.7%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	1.7%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradshaw	McCool Junction
1-unit, detached	61.9%	96.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	21.9%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Bradshaw	McCool Junction
Poverty rate	4.0%	6.6%
Average household size	2.67	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1956	1938