Clearwater vs Oakdale

A side-by-side comparison of Clearwater and Oakdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oakdale has the higher population (351 vs 240 in Clearwater). Clearwater has the higher median household income ($61,667 vs $58,750 in Oakdale). Clearwater has the higher median home value ($77,500 vs $43,700 in Oakdale).

Population, income & housing

	Clearwater	Oakdale
Population	240	351
Median age	56.4 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,667	$58,750
Median home value	$77,500	$43,700
Median gross rent	$788	$913
Housing units	175	178
Homeownership rate	74.6%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	4.8%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearwater	Oakdale
Population	361 → 240 (-33.5%)	366 → 351 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$49,167 → $61,667 (+25.4%)	$36,250 → $58,750 (+62.1%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $77,500 (+29.2%)	$22,300 → $43,700 (+96.0%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $788 (+47.8%)	$735 → $913 (+24.2%)

Clearwater

Population

361240

Median household income

$49,167$61,667

Median home value

$60,000$77,500

Median gross rent

$533$788

Oakdale

Population

366351

Median household income

$36,250$58,750

Median home value

$22,300$43,700

Median gross rent

$735$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearwater	Oakdale
Under 5	1.7%	2.8%
5 to 17	8.8%	17.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	14.2%
25 to 34	8.8%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.7%
45 to 54	10.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	24.6%	14.0%
65 to 74	17.1%	13.4%
75 and over	10.4%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearwater	Oakdale
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearwater	Oakdale
No high school diploma	7.7%	16.6%
High school graduate	31.8%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	43.6%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearwater	Oakdale
Drove alone	72.6%	79.8%
Carpooled	14.8%	20.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	7.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearwater	Oakdale
1-unit, detached	92.0%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Clearwater	Oakdale
Poverty rate	21.3%	23.6%
Average household size	1.85	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	15	29
Median year structure built	1956	1938