Bellwood vs Octavia

A side-by-side comparison of Bellwood and Octavia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bellwood has the higher population (460 vs 166 in Octavia). Bellwood has the higher median household income ($70,795 vs $65,417 in Octavia). Bellwood has the higher median home value ($116,000 vs $112,500 in Octavia).

Population, income & housing

	Bellwood	Octavia
Population	460	166
Median age	46.5 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,795	$65,417
Median home value	$116,000	$112,500
Median gross rent	$735	—
Housing units	235	65
Homeownership rate	84.1%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellwood	Octavia
Population	416 → 460 (+10.6%)	151 → 166 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$58,125 → $70,795 (+21.8%)	$63,333 → $65,417 (+3.3%)
Median home value	$87,300 → $116,000 (+32.9%)	$61,700 → $112,500 (+82.3%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $735 (+1.8%)	—

Bellwood

Population

416460

Median household income

$58,125$70,795

Median home value

$87,300$116,000

Median gross rent

$722$735

Octavia

Population

151166

Median household income

$63,333$65,417

Median home value

$61,700$112,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellwood	Octavia
Under 5	2.2%	3.6%
5 to 17	18.3%	34.3%
18 to 24	7.0%	3.0%
25 to 34	8.7%	7.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	6.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.3%
55 to 64	20.9%	21.1%
65 to 74	8.9%	7.8%
75 and over	8.0%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellwood	Octavia
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	47.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	52.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellwood	Octavia
No high school diploma	6.0%	30.6%
High school graduate	38.0%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	43.1%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellwood	Octavia
Drove alone	96.3%	72.7%
Carpooled	2.2%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	22.1%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellwood	Octavia
1-unit, detached	74.5%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Bellwood	Octavia
Poverty rate	10.7%	22.3%
Average household size	2.29	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1975	1965