Odessa vs Riverdale

A side-by-side comparison of Odessa and Riverdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Riverdale has the higher population (291 vs 116 in Odessa). Riverdale has the higher median household income ($81,000 vs $36,875 in Odessa). Riverdale has the higher median home value ($131,300 vs $126,400 in Odessa).

Population, income & housing

	Odessa	Riverdale
Population	116	291
Median age	56.6 yrs	28.3 yrs
Median household income	$36,875	$81,000
Median home value	$126,400	$131,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,125
Housing units	51	84
Homeownership rate	82.4%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Odessa	Riverdale
Population	81 → 116 (+43.2%)	302 → 291 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$40,972 → $36,875 (-10.0%)	$63,438 → $81,000 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$101,000 → $126,400 (+25.1%)	$122,500 → $131,300 (+7.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$850 → $1,125 (+32.4%)

Odessa

Population

81116

Median household income

$40,972$36,875

Median home value

$101,000$126,400

Riverdale

Population

302291

Median household income

$63,438$81,000

Median home value

$122,500$131,300

Median gross rent

$850$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Odessa	Riverdale
Under 5	17.2%	2.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	34.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	10.3%
25 to 34	17.2%	10.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	17.2%
45 to 54	6.0%	9.3%
55 to 64	7.8%	7.2%
65 to 74	29.3%	4.8%
75 and over	15.5%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Odessa	Riverdale
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Odessa	Riverdale
No high school diploma	3.4%	5.2%
High school graduate	46.6%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Odessa	Riverdale
Drove alone	21.2%	86.1%
Carpooled	78.8%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Odessa	Riverdale
1-unit, detached	56.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	43.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Odessa	Riverdale
Poverty rate	3.4%	3.8%
Average household size	2.27	3.46
Mean commute (minutes)	—	16
Median year structure built	1974	1952