Oakland vs Tekamah

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

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

Tekamah has the higher population (1,691 vs 1,572 in Oakland). Oakland has the higher median household income ($66,202 vs $54,139 in Tekamah). Oakland has the higher median home value ($150,600 vs $113,900 in Tekamah).

Population, income & housing

	Oakland	Tekamah
Population	1,572	1,691
Median age	44.5 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,202	$54,139
Median home value	$150,600	$113,900
Median gross rent	$663	$677
Housing units	682	780
Homeownership rate	72.3%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakland	Tekamah
Population	1,556 → 1,572 (+1.0%)	1,802 → 1,691 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$52,250 → $66,202 (+26.7%)	$54,250 → $54,139 (-0.2%)
Median home value	$85,400 → $150,600 (+76.3%)	$94,700 → $113,900 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$594 → $663 (+11.6%)	$630 → $677 (+7.5%)

Oakland

Population

1,5561,572

Median household income

$52,250$66,202

Median home value

$85,400$150,600

Median gross rent

$594$663

Tekamah

Population

1,8021,691

Median household income

$54,250$54,139

Median home value

$94,700$113,900

Median gross rent

$630$677

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakland	Tekamah
Under 5	5.0%	8.8%
5 to 17	16.4%	18.2%
18 to 24	15.5%	3.6%
25 to 34	6.0%	13.3%
35 to 44	7.5%	8.6%
45 to 54	9.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.2%	9.9%
65 to 74	12.2%	14.2%
75 and over	13.5%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakland	Tekamah
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	94.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakland	Tekamah
No high school diploma	12.6%	4.9%
High school graduate	27.0%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakland	Tekamah
Drove alone	78.7%	74.1%
Carpooled	10.3%	16.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	4.2%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakland	Tekamah
1-unit, detached	80.4%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Oakland	Tekamah
Poverty rate	11.4%	20.9%
Average household size	2.46	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1948	1963