[11][12] According to the United States Census Bureau, it has a total area of 1.91 square miles (4.95 km2), all land.

[14] The 2020 United States census counted 1,644 people, 771 households, and 428 families in Oberlin.

39.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

36.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Oberlin is home to the Last Indian Raid Museum, which contains multiple late 19th and early 20th century buildings filled with artifacts chronicling the history of the area and early Plains settlers.

Examples include a 1930s grocery store and a one-room schoolhouse built in 1922.

[29] Its a recreation center, completed in 2010, includes a 3D-capable movie theater and a bowling alley.

[citation needed] The Oberlin City Park, near Decatur Community High School, and has a playground, picnic shelter, band shell, and full basketball court, and is home to the Oberlin swimming pool.

[citation needed] The City of Oberlin is the owner of the Sappa Park two miles east of town.

Formerly a state park, it has wetlands, bike and hiking paths, a nine-hole disc golf course, and a shelter house built by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s.

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) hired unemployed young men to build its dam and shelter house.

[32] Oberlin is a city of the third class, according to state statute, with a mayor-council form of government.

[33] The city council consists of five members and meets on the first and third Thursday of each month at 7PM.

[36][37] The Oberlin Herald is the city's sole newspaper, published weekly.

[40] NBC affiliate KSNK, licensed to McCook, Nebraska, broadcasts on channel 8 from studios west of Oberlin.