Elgin vs Oakdale

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

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

Elgin has the higher population (620 vs 351 in Oakdale). Oakdale has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $53,661 in Elgin). Elgin has the higher median home value ($98,000 vs $43,700 in Oakdale).

Population, income & housing

	Elgin	Oakdale
Population	620	351
Median age	51.9 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,661	$58,750
Median home value	$98,000	$43,700
Median gross rent	$675	$913
Housing units	380	178
Homeownership rate	82.2%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	4.8%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elgin	Oakdale
Population	720 → 620 (-13.9%)	366 → 351 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$58,421 → $53,661 (-8.1%)	$36,250 → $58,750 (+62.1%)
Median home value	$77,900 → $98,000 (+25.8%)	$22,300 → $43,700 (+96.0%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $675 (+8.0%)	$735 → $913 (+24.2%)

Elgin

Population

720620

Median household income

$58,421$53,661

Median home value

$77,900$98,000

Median gross rent

$625$675

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)

	Elgin	Oakdale
Under 5	5.6%	2.8%
5 to 17	12.6%	17.7%
18 to 24	4.0%	14.2%
25 to 34	17.4%	10.3%
35 to 44	7.6%	13.7%
45 to 54	6.5%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.0%
65 to 74	13.1%	13.4%
75 and over	21.0%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elgin	Oakdale
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	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	1.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elgin	Oakdale
No high school diploma	3.5%	16.6%
High school graduate	39.0%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elgin	Oakdale
Drove alone	88.0%	79.8%
Carpooled	4.5%	20.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elgin	Oakdale
1-unit, detached	92.4%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Elgin	Oakdale
Poverty rate	8.9%	23.6%
Average household size	1.84	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1961	1938