Belmar vs Paxton

A side-by-side comparison of Belmar and Paxton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Paxton has the higher population (643 vs 113 in Belmar). Belmar has the higher median home value ($225,000 vs $114,700 in Paxton). Since 2019, Paxton's population has grown faster (+20.9% vs +8.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Belmar	Paxton
Population	113	643
Median age	59.1 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$73,750
Median home value	$225,000	$114,700
Median gross rent	—	$842
Housing units	405	282
Homeownership rate	71.6%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmar	Paxton
Population	104 → 113 (+8.7%)	532 → 643 (+20.9%)
Median household income	—	$63,571 → $73,750 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$410,000 → $225,000 (-45.1%)	$80,300 → $114,700 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$616 → $842 (+36.7%)

Belmar

Population

104113

Median home value

$410,000$225,000

Paxton

Population

532643

Median household income

$63,571$73,750

Median home value

$80,300$114,700

Median gross rent

$616$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmar	Paxton
Under 5	0.0%	7.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	26.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	17.6%
35 to 44	8.0%	10.4%
45 to 54	34.5%	7.2%
55 to 64	13.3%	15.2%
65 to 74	17.7%	6.4%
75 and over	26.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmar	Paxton
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	89.3%
Black or African American	10.6%	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%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmar	Paxton
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.2%
High school graduate	45.1%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	46.9%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmar	Paxton
Drove alone	52.1%	87.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	47.9%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmar	Paxton
1-unit, detached	29.1%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	70.9%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Belmar	Paxton
Poverty rate	20.4%	5.7%
Average household size	1.40	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	1977	1955