Axtell vs Minden

A side-by-side comparison of Axtell and Minden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Minden has the higher population (3,020 vs 744 in Axtell). Minden has the higher median household income ($64,846 vs $64,196 in Axtell). Axtell has the higher median home value ($192,400 vs $188,100 in Minden).

Population, income & housing

	Axtell	Minden
Population	744	3,020
Median age	38.6 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,196	$64,846
Median home value	$192,400	$188,100
Median gross rent	$1,108	$769
Housing units	342	1,381
Homeownership rate	89.5%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Axtell	Minden
Population	818 → 744 (-9.0%)	2,808 → 3,020 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$57,083 → $64,196 (+12.5%)	$47,237 → $64,846 (+37.3%)
Median home value	$128,700 → $192,400 (+49.5%)	$138,700 → $188,100 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$446 → $1,108 (+148.4%)	$700 → $769 (+9.9%)

Axtell

Population

818744

Median household income

$57,083$64,196

Median home value

$128,700$192,400

Median gross rent

$446$1,108

Minden

Population

2,8083,020

Median household income

$47,237$64,846

Median home value

$138,700$188,100

Median gross rent

$700$769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Axtell	Minden
Under 5	6.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	20.4%	22.1%
18 to 24	4.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	14.4%	9.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	8.4%
45 to 54	7.4%	9.7%
55 to 64	14.9%	12.8%
65 to 74	14.5%	9.9%
75 and over	5.9%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Axtell	Minden
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Axtell	Minden
No high school diploma	5.7%	11.6%
High school graduate	21.9%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Axtell	Minden
Drove alone	84.9%	84.6%
Carpooled	7.0%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	2.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.3%	3.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Axtell	Minden
1-unit, detached	90.4%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Axtell	Minden
Poverty rate	14.9%	4.2%
Average household size	2.29	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1970	1964