Neligh vs Oakdale

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

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

Neligh has the higher population (1,636 vs 351 in Oakdale). Neligh has the higher median household income ($60,000 vs $58,750 in Oakdale). Neligh has the higher median home value ($145,100 vs $43,700 in Oakdale).

Population, income & housing

	Neligh	Oakdale
Population	1,636	351
Median age	38.9 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,000	$58,750
Median home value	$145,100	$43,700
Median gross rent	$856	$913
Housing units	769	178
Homeownership rate	73.8%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	4.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Neligh	Oakdale
Population	1,622 → 1,636 (+0.9%)	366 → 351 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$48,676 → $60,000 (+23.3%)	$36,250 → $58,750 (+62.1%)
Median home value	$84,700 → $145,100 (+71.3%)	$22,300 → $43,700 (+96.0%)
Median gross rent	$628 → $856 (+36.3%)	$735 → $913 (+24.2%)

Neligh

Population

1,6221,636

Median household income

$48,676$60,000

Median home value

$84,700$145,100

Median gross rent

$628$856

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)

	Neligh	Oakdale
Under 5	7.9%	2.8%
5 to 17	20.1%	17.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	14.2%
25 to 34	8.1%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.0%
65 to 74	12.3%	13.4%
75 and over	11.5%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Neligh	Oakdale
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Neligh	Oakdale
No high school diploma	8.7%	16.6%
High school graduate	29.4%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	42.0%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Neligh	Oakdale
Drove alone	90.4%	79.8%
Carpooled	4.7%	20.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Neligh	Oakdale
1-unit, detached	86.2%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Neligh	Oakdale
Poverty rate	5.7%	23.6%
Average household size	2.33	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	12	29
Median year structure built	1963	1938