Martin vs Paxton

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

Martin 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 86 in Martin). Paxton has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $52,841 in Martin). Martin has the higher median home value ($189,200 vs $114,700 in Paxton).

Population, income & housing

	Martin	Paxton
Population	86	643
Median age	66.8 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,841	$73,750
Median home value	$189,200	$114,700
Median gross rent	—	$842
Housing units	165	282
Homeownership rate	100.0%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Martin	Paxton
Population	51 → 86 (+68.6%)	532 → 643 (+20.9%)
Median household income	$37,143 → $52,841 (+42.3%)	$63,571 → $73,750 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$160,000 → $189,200 (+18.3%)	$80,300 → $114,700 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$616 → $842 (+36.7%)

Martin

Population

5186

Median household income

$37,143$52,841

Median home value

$160,000$189,200

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)

	Martin	Paxton
Under 5	0.0%	7.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	26.9%
18 to 24	3.5%	2.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	17.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.2%
55 to 64	15.1%	15.2%
65 to 74	50.0%	6.4%
75 and over	31.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Martin	Paxton
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.3%
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%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Martin	Paxton
No high school diploma	3.6%	4.2%
High school graduate	69.9%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Martin	Paxton
Drove alone	100.0%	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	0.0%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Martin	Paxton
1-unit, detached	39.4%	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	60.6%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Martin	Paxton
Poverty rate	8.1%	5.7%
Average household size	1.37	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	1977	1955