Otoe vs Palmyra

A side-by-side comparison of Otoe and Palmyra: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Palmyra has the higher population (642 vs 228 in Otoe). Palmyra has the higher median household income ($81,458 vs $36,548 in Otoe). Palmyra has the higher median home value ($160,900 vs $39,200 in Otoe).

Population, income & housing

	Otoe	Palmyra
Population	228	642
Median age	29.5 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$36,548	$81,458
Median home value	$39,200	$160,900
Median gross rent	$1,297	$1,143
Housing units	113	271
Homeownership rate	66.3%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Otoe	Palmyra
Population	288 → 228 (-20.8%)	571 → 642 (+12.4%)
Median household income	$32,188 → $36,548 (+13.5%)	$67,639 → $81,458 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$30,700 → $39,200 (+27.7%)	$120,700 → $160,900 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$906 → $1,297 (+43.2%)	$862 → $1,143 (+32.6%)

Otoe

Population

288228

Median household income

$32,188$36,548

Median home value

$30,700$39,200

Median gross rent

$906$1,297

Palmyra

Population

571642

Median household income

$67,639$81,458

Median home value

$120,700$160,900

Median gross rent

$862$1,143

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Otoe	Palmyra
Under 5	18.0%	9.8%
5 to 17	11.4%	23.1%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.1%
25 to 34	19.7%	15.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	15.4%
45 to 54	8.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	9.7%
65 to 74	6.1%	6.2%
75 and over	7.5%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Otoe	Palmyra
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	78.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	13.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Otoe	Palmyra
No high school diploma	4.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	61.7%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Otoe	Palmyra
Drove alone	96.6%	82.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.6%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Otoe	Palmyra
1-unit, detached	100.0%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Otoe	Palmyra
Poverty rate	36.8%	6.7%
Average household size	2.85	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1938	1970