Decatur vs Oakland

A side-by-side comparison of Decatur and Oakland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oakland has the higher population (1,572 vs 552 in Decatur). Oakland has the higher median household income ($66,202 vs $49,028 in Decatur). Oakland has the higher median home value ($150,600 vs $78,800 in Decatur).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur	Oakland
Population	552	1,572
Median age	50.5 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,028	$66,202
Median home value	$78,800	$150,600
Median gross rent	$433	$663
Housing units	342	682
Homeownership rate	77.8%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	14.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur	Oakland
Population	377 → 552 (+46.4%)	1,556 → 1,572 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$36,528 → $49,028 (+34.2%)	$52,250 → $66,202 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $78,800 (+0.4%)	$85,400 → $150,600 (+76.3%)
Median gross rent	$494 → $433 (-12.3%)	$594 → $663 (+11.6%)

Decatur

Population

377552

Median household income

$36,528$49,028

Median home value

$78,500$78,800

Median gross rent

$494$433

Oakland

Population

1,5561,572

Median household income

$52,250$66,202

Median home value

$85,400$150,600

Median gross rent

$594$663

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur	Oakland
Under 5	1.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	9.1%	16.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	15.5%
25 to 34	14.3%	6.0%
35 to 44	4.0%	7.5%
45 to 54	19.2%	9.6%
55 to 64	15.6%	14.2%
65 to 74	19.4%	12.2%
75 and over	9.1%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur	Oakland
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	2.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur	Oakland
No high school diploma	7.6%	12.6%
High school graduate	49.3%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur	Oakland
Drove alone	72.2%	78.7%
Carpooled	11.3%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	3.9%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	4.2%
Other means	7.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur	Oakland
1-unit, detached	75.7%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Decatur	Oakland
Poverty rate	15.4%	11.4%
Average household size	2.11	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1958	1948