Gresham vs McCool Junction

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

Gresham 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 257 in Gresham). McCool Junction has the higher median household income ($115,833 vs $42,500 in Gresham). McCool Junction has the higher median home value ($138,500 vs $68,300 in Gresham).

Population, income & housing

	Gresham	McCool Junction
Population	257	740
Median age	39.9 yrs	25.9 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$115,833
Median home value	$68,300	$138,500
Median gross rent	$533	$847
Housing units	151	299
Homeownership rate	73.1%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gresham	McCool Junction
Population	231 → 257 (+11.3%)	389 → 740 (+90.2%)
Median household income	$47,813 → $42,500 (-11.1%)	$53,750 → $115,833 (+115.5%)
Median home value	$48,000 → $68,300 (+42.3%)	$125,000 → $138,500 (+10.8%)
Median gross rent	$432 → $533 (+23.4%)	$764 → $847 (+10.9%)

Gresham

Population

231257

Median household income

$47,813$42,500

Median home value

$48,000$68,300

Median gross rent

$432$533

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)

	Gresham	McCool Junction
Under 5	5.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	10.5%	9.7%
18 to 24	12.5%	27.2%
25 to 34	10.5%	19.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	8.2%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.5%
55 to 64	16.0%	11.1%
65 to 74	7.0%	4.3%
75 and over	13.6%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gresham	McCool Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gresham	McCool Junction
No high school diploma	19.6%	2.3%
High school graduate	30.4%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	47.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gresham	McCool Junction
Drove alone	80.3%	84.0%
Carpooled	18.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gresham	McCool Junction
1-unit, detached	82.1%	96.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Gresham	McCool Junction
Poverty rate	23.0%	6.6%
Average household size	1.98	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1938	1938