Brainard vs Octavia

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

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

Brainard has the higher population (279 vs 166 in Octavia). Brainard has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $65,417 in Octavia). Brainard has the higher median home value ($158,700 vs $112,500 in Octavia).

Population, income & housing

	Brainard	Octavia
Population	279	166
Median age	50.5 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$65,417
Median home value	$158,700	$112,500
Median gross rent	$700	—
Housing units	173	65
Homeownership rate	82.4%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brainard	Octavia
Population	420 → 279 (-33.6%)	151 → 166 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$61,000 → $73,750 (+20.9%)	$63,333 → $65,417 (+3.3%)
Median home value	$88,800 → $158,700 (+78.7%)	$61,700 → $112,500 (+82.3%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $700 (-2.5%)	—

Brainard

Population

420279

Median household income

$61,000$73,750

Median home value

$88,800$158,700

Median gross rent

$718$700

Octavia

Population

151166

Median household income

$63,333$65,417

Median home value

$61,700$112,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brainard	Octavia
Under 5	7.2%	3.6%
5 to 17	13.3%	34.3%
18 to 24	6.5%	3.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	7.2%
35 to 44	9.3%	6.0%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.3%
55 to 64	17.6%	21.1%
65 to 74	12.2%	7.8%
75 and over	12.2%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brainard	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	52.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brainard	Octavia
No high school diploma	1.5%	30.6%
High school graduate	39.2%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brainard	Octavia
Drove alone	78.8%	72.7%
Carpooled	3.5%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	22.1%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brainard	Octavia
1-unit, detached	93.6%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Brainard	Octavia
Poverty rate	3.9%	22.3%
Average household size	2.05	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1946	1965