Paxton vs Roscoe

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

Paxton and Roscoe 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 84 in Roscoe). Paxton has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $41,250 in Roscoe). Since 2019, Paxton's population has grown faster (+20.9% vs -22.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Paxton	Roscoe
Population	643	84
Median age	30.8 yrs	22.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$41,250
Median home value	$114,700	—
Median gross rent	$842	—
Housing units	282	60
Homeownership rate	73.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paxton	Roscoe
Population	532 → 643 (+20.9%)	109 → 84 (-22.9%)
Median household income	$63,571 → $73,750 (+16.0%)	—
Median home value	$80,300 → $114,700 (+42.8%)	$104,700 → $104,500 (-0.2%)
Median gross rent	$616 → $842 (+36.7%)	—

Paxton

Population

532643

Median household income

$63,571$73,750

Median home value

$80,300$114,700

Median gross rent

$616$842

Roscoe

Population

10984

Median home value

$104,700$104,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paxton	Roscoe
Under 5	7.5%	20.2%
5 to 17	26.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	2.3%	45.2%
25 to 34	17.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	7.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	15.2%	16.7%
65 to 74	6.4%	17.9%
75 and over	6.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

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

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paxton	Roscoe
No high school diploma	4.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	30.7%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paxton	Roscoe
Drove alone	87.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paxton	Roscoe
1-unit, detached	85.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Paxton	Roscoe
Poverty rate	5.7%	17.9%
Average household size	2.66	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1955	1950