Allen County vs Nemaha County

A side-by-side comparison of Allen County and Nemaha County: population, income, housing, and more.

Allen County and Nemaha County are counties in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Allen County has the higher population (12,491 vs 10,213 in Nemaha County). Nemaha County has the higher median household income ($77,375 vs $57,618 in Allen County). Nemaha County has the higher median home value ($196,100 vs $100,400 in Allen County).

Population, income & housing

	Allen County	Nemaha County
Population	12,491	10,213
Median age	41.3 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,618	$77,375
Median home value	$100,400	$196,100
Median gross rent	$685	$726
Housing units	6,077	4,501
Homeownership rate	74.5%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allen County	Nemaha County
Population	12,556 → 12,491 (-0.5%)	10,121 → 10,213 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$45,333 → $57,618 (+27.1%)	$63,216 → $77,375 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$79,300 → $100,400 (+26.6%)	$130,500 → $196,100 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $685 (+1.5%)	$644 → $726 (+12.7%)

Allen County

Population

12,55612,491

Median household income

$45,333$57,618

Median home value

$79,300$100,400

Median gross rent

$675$685

Nemaha County

Population

10,12110,213

Median household income

$63,216$77,375

Median home value

$130,500$196,100

Median gross rent

$644$726

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allen County	Nemaha County
Under 5	5.8%	7.2%
5 to 17	16.4%	20.5%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.8%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	12.0%	9.9%
75 and over	8.7%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allen County	Nemaha County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	93.7%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.5%
Asian	0.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allen County	Nemaha County
No high school diploma	6.5%	6.3%
High school graduate	35.3%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allen County	Nemaha County
Drove alone	77.4%	84.0%
Carpooled	11.2%	7.2%
Public transit	0.7%	0.2%
Walked	4.6%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	5.0%	4.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allen County	Nemaha County
1-unit, detached	82.3%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	4.6%
20 or more units	1.8%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Allen County	Nemaha County
Poverty rate	13.1%	7.7%
Average household size	2.40	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1965	1974