Octavia vs Rising City

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

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

Rising City has the higher population (270 vs 166 in Octavia). Rising City has the higher median household income ($74,375 vs $65,417 in Octavia). Octavia has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $110,000 in Rising City).

Population, income & housing

	Octavia	Rising City
Population	166	270
Median age	35.6 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,417	$74,375
Median home value	$112,500	$110,000
Median gross rent	—	$567
Housing units	65	127
Homeownership rate	81.8%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Octavia	Rising City
Population	151 → 166 (+9.9%)	428 → 270 (-36.9%)
Median household income	$63,333 → $65,417 (+3.3%)	$59,750 → $74,375 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$61,700 → $112,500 (+82.3%)	$73,900 → $110,000 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$619 → $567 (-8.4%)

Octavia

Population

151166

Median household income

$63,333$65,417

Median home value

$61,700$112,500

Rising City

Population

428270

Median household income

$59,750$74,375

Median home value

$73,900$110,000

Median gross rent

$619$567

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Octavia	Rising City
Under 5	3.6%	1.5%
5 to 17	34.3%	17.8%
18 to 24	3.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	7.2%	3.0%
35 to 44	6.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.3%	19.3%
55 to 64	21.1%	20.4%
65 to 74	7.8%	11.1%
75 and over	3.6%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Octavia	Rising City
White (non-Hispanic)	47.0%	98.9%
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	0.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	52.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Octavia	Rising City
No high school diploma	30.6%	4.1%
High school graduate	37.8%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Octavia	Rising City
Drove alone	72.7%	79.6%
Carpooled	1.3%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.1%	12.5%
Other means	3.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Octavia	Rising City
1-unit, detached	87.7%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Octavia	Rising City
Poverty rate	22.3%	7.2%
Average household size	3.02	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1965	1953