Nemaha County vs Rice County

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

Nemaha County and Rice 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 9,389 in Rice County). Nemaha County has the higher median household income ($77,375 vs $63,947 in Rice County). Nemaha County has the higher median home value ($196,100 vs $105,500 in Rice County).

Population, income & housing

	Nemaha County	Rice County
Population	10,213	9,389
Median age	40.0 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,375	$63,947
Median home value	$196,100	$105,500
Median gross rent	$726	$717
Housing units	4,501	4,384
Homeownership rate	78.8%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nemaha County	Rice County
Population	10,121 → 10,213 (+0.9%)	9,658 → 9,389 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$63,216 → $77,375 (+22.4%)	$53,012 → $63,947 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$130,500 → $196,100 (+50.3%)	$74,700 → $105,500 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $726 (+12.7%)	$581 → $717 (+23.4%)

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

Rice County

Population

9,6589,389

Median household income

$53,012$63,947

Median home value

$74,700$105,500

Median gross rent

$581$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nemaha County	Rice County
Under 5	7.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	20.5%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	11.7%
25 to 34	10.4%	9.9%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.4%
75 and over	9.7%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nemaha County	Rice County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	78.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.5%
Asian	0.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.0%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nemaha County	Rice County
No high school diploma	6.3%	7.1%
High school graduate	36.1%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nemaha County	Rice County
Drove alone	84.0%	76.6%
Carpooled	7.2%	11.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	3.3%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.8%
Worked from home	4.4%	5.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nemaha County	Rice County
1-unit, detached	82.2%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	1.7%
20 or more units	1.5%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Nemaha County	Rice County
Poverty rate	7.7%	7.4%
Average household size	2.44	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	14	22
Median year structure built	1974	1955