Comstock vs Oconto

A side-by-side comparison of Comstock and Oconto: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oconto has the higher population (170 vs 77 in Comstock). Comstock has the higher median home value ($83,100 vs $57,500 in Oconto). Since 2019, Oconto's population has grown faster (+18.9% vs -26.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Comstock	Oconto
Population	77	170
Median age	42.8 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,278	—
Median home value	$83,100	$57,500
Housing units	66	93
Homeownership rate	65.0%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Comstock	Oconto
Population	105 → 77 (-26.7%)	143 → 170 (+18.9%)
Median household income	$52,778 → $55,278 (+4.7%)	$50,313 → $53,750 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$48,900 → $83,100 (+69.9%)	$58,500 → $57,500 (-1.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,354 (+25.0%)	—

Comstock

Population

10577

Median household income

$52,778$55,278

Median home value

$48,900$83,100

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,354

Oconto

Population

143170

Median household income

$50,313$53,750

Median home value

$58,500$57,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Comstock	Oconto
Under 5	10.4%	3.5%
5 to 17	1.3%	19.4%
18 to 24	5.2%	3.5%
25 to 34	9.1%	2.4%
35 to 44	28.6%	20.6%
45 to 54	1.3%	14.1%
55 to 64	3.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	27.3%	17.6%
75 and over	13.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Comstock	Oconto
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	84.7%
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	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Comstock	Oconto
No high school diploma	14.1%	4.0%
High school graduate	40.6%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Comstock	Oconto
Drove alone	79.5%	78.9%
Carpooled	20.5%	16.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Comstock	Oconto
1-unit, detached	93.9%	77.4%
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	6.1%	22.6%

Poverty & households

	Comstock	Oconto
Poverty rate	6.5%	11.2%
Average household size	1.93	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	13	23
Median year structure built	1938	1959