Linwood vs Octavia

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

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

Octavia has the higher population (166 vs 110 in Linwood). Octavia has the higher median household income ($65,417 vs $28,929 in Linwood). Since 2019, Octavia's population has grown faster (+9.9% vs -28.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Linwood	Octavia
Population	110	166
Median age	32.5 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$28,929	$65,417
Median home value	—	$112,500
Median gross rent	$1,292	—
Housing units	64	65
Homeownership rate	75.0%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linwood	Octavia
Population	153 → 110 (-28.1%)	151 → 166 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$39,167 → $28,929 (-26.1%)	$63,333 → $65,417 (+3.3%)
Median home value	$39,200 → $32,500 (-17.1%)	$61,700 → $112,500 (+82.3%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $1,292 (+86.2%)	—

Linwood

Population

153110

Median household income

$39,167$28,929

Median home value

$39,200$32,500

Median gross rent

$694$1,292

Octavia

Population

151166

Median household income

$63,333$65,417

Median home value

$61,700$112,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linwood	Octavia
Under 5	9.1%	3.6%
5 to 17	29.1%	34.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	7.2%
35 to 44	0.9%	6.0%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	16.4%	21.1%
65 to 74	17.3%	7.8%
75 and over	4.5%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linwood	Octavia
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	47.0%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.5%	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	3.6%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	52.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linwood	Octavia
No high school diploma	5.9%	30.6%
High school graduate	25.0%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	54.4%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linwood	Octavia
Drove alone	100.0%	72.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	22.1%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linwood	Octavia
1-unit, detached	78.1%	87.7%
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	21.9%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Linwood	Octavia
Poverty rate	44.5%	22.3%
Average household size	1.96	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	53	21
Median year structure built	1938	1965