Ogallala vs Roscoe

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

Ogallala and Roscoe 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 84 in Roscoe). Ogallala has the higher median household income ($55,481 vs $41,250 in Roscoe). Since 2019, Ogallala's population has grown faster (+5.8% vs -22.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Ogallala	Roscoe
Population	4,800	84
Median age	46.8 yrs	22.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,481	$41,250
Median home value	$135,500	—
Median gross rent	$738	—
Housing units	2,539	60
Homeownership rate	64.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ogallala	Roscoe
Population	4,536 → 4,800 (+5.8%)	109 → 84 (-22.9%)
Median household income	$41,765 → $55,481 (+32.8%)	—
Median home value	$107,200 → $135,500 (+26.4%)	$104,700 → $104,500 (-0.2%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $738 (+16.2%)	—

Ogallala

Population

4,5364,800

Median household income

$41,765$55,481

Median home value

$107,200$135,500

Median gross rent

$635$738

Roscoe

Population

10984

Median home value

$104,700$104,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ogallala	Roscoe
Under 5	4.9%	20.2%
5 to 17	18.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	45.2%
25 to 34	8.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	16.7%
65 to 74	11.6%	17.9%
75 and over	13.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ogallala	Roscoe
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ogallala	Roscoe
No high school diploma	11.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	31.8%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ogallala	Roscoe
Drove alone	81.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	7.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ogallala	Roscoe
1-unit, detached	72.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ogallala	Roscoe
Poverty rate	13.6%	17.9%
Average household size	2.03	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	15	—
Median year structure built	1970	1950