Maxwell vs North Platte

A side-by-side comparison of Maxwell and North Platte: population, income, housing, and more.

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

North Platte has the higher population (23,030 vs 230 in Maxwell). Maxwell has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $57,805 in North Platte). North Platte has the higher median home value ($159,500 vs $89,700 in Maxwell).

Population, income & housing

	Maxwell	North Platte
Population	230	23,030
Median age	42.1 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$57,805
Median home value	$89,700	$159,500
Median gross rent	$821	$882
Housing units	111	11,407
Homeownership rate	75.6%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maxwell	North Platte
Population	230 → 230 (+0.0%)	23,892 → 23,030 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$49,423 → $78,750 (+59.3%)	$54,357 → $57,805 (+6.3%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $89,700 (+19.6%)	$118,900 → $159,500 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $821 (-10.5%)	$757 → $882 (+16.5%)

Maxwell

Population

230230

Median household income

$49,423$78,750

Median home value

$75,000$89,700

Median gross rent

$917$821

North Platte

Population

23,89223,030

Median household income

$54,357$57,805

Median home value

$118,900$159,500

Median gross rent

$757$882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maxwell	North Platte
Under 5	5.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	18.7%	16.9%
18 to 24	12.2%	8.0%
25 to 34	4.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	26.1%	11.4%
55 to 64	10.0%	13.8%
65 to 74	7.4%	10.4%
75 and over	3.9%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maxwell	North Platte
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	84.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maxwell	North Platte
No high school diploma	13.6%	7.5%
High school graduate	30.6%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	46.3%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maxwell	North Platte
Drove alone	70.0%	87.5%
Carpooled	14.6%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	4.6%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	2.7%
Other means	10.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maxwell	North Platte
1-unit, detached	96.4%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Maxwell	North Platte
Poverty rate	4.3%	16.1%
Average household size	2.67	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	17	13
Median year structure built	1955	1965