Beatrice vs Odell

A side-by-side comparison of Beatrice and Odell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beatrice has the higher population (12,233 vs 248 in Odell). Odell has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $54,583 in Beatrice). Beatrice has the higher median home value ($152,900 vs $88,300 in Odell).

Population, income & housing

	Beatrice	Odell
Population	12,233	248
Median age	43.1 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,583	$70,000
Median home value	$152,900	$88,300
Median gross rent	$753	$665
Housing units	6,105	130
Homeownership rate	63.7%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beatrice	Odell
Population	12,300 → 12,233 (-0.5%)	396 → 248 (-37.4%)
Median household income	$44,991 → $54,583 (+21.3%)	$48,167 → $70,000 (+45.3%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $152,900 (+43.4%)	$57,400 → $88,300 (+53.8%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $753 (+19.7%)	$754 → $665 (-11.8%)

Beatrice

Population

12,30012,233

Median household income

$44,991$54,583

Median home value

$106,600$152,900

Median gross rent

$629$753

Odell

Population

396248

Median household income

$48,167$70,000

Median home value

$57,400$88,300

Median gross rent

$754$665

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beatrice	Odell
Under 5	5.8%	2.8%
5 to 17	16.3%	15.7%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.6%	6.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	19.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	19.4%
55 to 64	14.8%	9.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.3%
75 and over	10.7%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beatrice	Odell
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	84.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.4%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beatrice	Odell
No high school diploma	8.5%	3.8%
High school graduate	37.3%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beatrice	Odell
Drove alone	86.1%	85.7%
Carpooled	6.6%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	3.8%
Other means	1.3%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beatrice	Odell
1-unit, detached	75.7%	92.3%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Beatrice	Odell
Poverty rate	19.9%	2.4%
Average household size	2.13	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	17	26
Median year structure built	1963	1938