Ogallala vs Paxton

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

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

Ogallala has the higher population (4,800 vs 643 in Paxton). Paxton has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $55,481 in Ogallala). Ogallala has the higher median home value ($135,500 vs $114,700 in Paxton).

Population, income & housing

	Ogallala	Paxton
Population	4,800	643
Median age	46.8 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,481	$73,750
Median home value	$135,500	$114,700
Median gross rent	$738	$842
Housing units	2,539	282
Homeownership rate	64.3%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ogallala	Paxton
Population	4,536 → 4,800 (+5.8%)	532 → 643 (+20.9%)
Median household income	$41,765 → $55,481 (+32.8%)	$63,571 → $73,750 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$107,200 → $135,500 (+26.4%)	$80,300 → $114,700 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $738 (+16.2%)	$616 → $842 (+36.7%)

Ogallala

Population

4,5364,800

Median household income

$41,765$55,481

Median home value

$107,200$135,500

Median gross rent

$635$738

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)

	Ogallala	Paxton
Under 5	4.9%	7.5%
5 to 17	18.1%	26.9%
18 to 24	5.6%	2.3%
25 to 34	8.9%	17.6%
35 to 44	10.8%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	7.2%
55 to 64	13.9%	15.2%
65 to 74	11.6%	6.4%
75 and over	13.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ogallala	Paxton
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	89.3%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	13.1%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ogallala	Paxton
No high school diploma	11.5%	4.2%
High school graduate	31.8%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ogallala	Paxton
Drove alone	81.0%	87.9%
Carpooled	7.9%	6.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	3.2%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ogallala	Paxton
1-unit, detached	72.8%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	5.3%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Ogallala	Paxton
Poverty rate	13.6%	5.7%
Average household size	2.03	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	15	19
Median year structure built	1970	1955