Beaver City vs Oxford

A side-by-side comparison of Beaver City and Oxford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oxford has the higher population (724 vs 494 in Beaver City). Oxford has the higher median household income ($49,539 vs $40,625 in Beaver City). Oxford has the higher median home value ($80,900 vs $65,300 in Beaver City).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver City	Oxford
Population	494	724
Median age	48.0 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$40,625	$49,539
Median home value	$65,300	$80,900
Median gross rent	$600	$930
Housing units	294	386
Homeownership rate	66.8%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver City	Oxford
Population	489 → 494 (+1.0%)	783 → 724 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$41,528 → $40,625 (-2.2%)	$41,466 → $49,539 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$58,100 → $65,300 (+12.4%)	$58,300 → $80,900 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$568 → $600 (+5.6%)	$808 → $930 (+15.1%)

Beaver City

Population

489494

Median household income

$41,528$40,625

Median home value

$58,100$65,300

Median gross rent

$568$600

Oxford

Population

783724

Median household income

$41,466$49,539

Median home value

$58,300$80,900

Median gross rent

$808$930

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver City	Oxford
Under 5	5.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	10.3%	21.0%
18 to 24	13.4%	12.8%
25 to 34	10.7%	7.0%
35 to 44	8.7%	14.2%
45 to 54	6.3%	9.7%
55 to 64	21.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	11.9%	10.9%
75 and over	11.9%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver City	Oxford
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	74.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	3.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver City	Oxford
No high school diploma	9.1%	15.7%
High school graduate	38.7%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver City	Oxford
Drove alone	74.5%	68.1%
Carpooled	7.7%	18.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	14.1%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver City	Oxford
1-unit, detached	87.4%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Beaver City	Oxford
Poverty rate	11.2%	20.9%
Average household size	2.06	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1943	1954