Brown County vs Nemaha County

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

Brown 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.

Nemaha County has the higher population (10,213 vs 9,415 in Brown County). Nemaha County has the higher median household income ($77,375 vs $58,886 in Brown County). Nemaha County has the higher median home value ($196,100 vs $111,100 in Brown County).

Population, income & housing

	Brown County	Nemaha County
Population	9,415	10,213
Median age	42.0 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,886	$77,375
Median home value	$111,100	$196,100
Median gross rent	$675	$726
Housing units	4,489	4,501
Homeownership rate	75.4%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brown County	Nemaha County
Population	9,626 → 9,415 (-2.2%)	10,121 → 10,213 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$48,333 → $58,886 (+21.8%)	$63,216 → $77,375 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$88,500 → $111,100 (+25.5%)	$130,500 → $196,100 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $675 (+6.6%)	$644 → $726 (+12.7%)

Brown County

Population

9,6269,415

Median household income

$48,333$58,886

Median home value

$88,500$111,100

Median gross rent

$633$675

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)

	Brown County	Nemaha County
Under 5	6.1%	7.2%
5 to 17	19.2%	20.5%
18 to 24	5.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.5%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	12.8%	9.9%
75 and over	8.7%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brown County	Nemaha County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	93.7%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.7%	0.5%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brown County	Nemaha County
No high school diploma	5.0%	6.3%
High school graduate	38.9%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brown County	Nemaha County
Drove alone	78.7%	84.0%
Carpooled	10.0%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	3.1%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.5%	4.4%
Other means	1.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brown County	Nemaha County
1-unit, detached	84.9%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	4.6%
20 or more units	2.4%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Brown County	Nemaha County
Poverty rate	14.2%	7.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	16	14
Median year structure built	1962	1974