Adams County vs Dodge County

A side-by-side comparison of Adams County and Dodge County: population, income, housing, and more.

Adams County and Dodge County are counties in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dodge County has the higher population (37,146 vs 31,034 in Adams County). Dodge County has the higher median household income ($71,294 vs $65,680 in Adams County). Dodge County has the higher median home value ($188,100 vs $185,800 in Adams County).

Population, income & housing

	Adams County	Dodge County
Population	31,034	37,146
Median age	38.8 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,680	$71,294
Median home value	$185,800	$188,100
Median gross rent	$853	$985
Housing units	13,856	16,553
Homeownership rate	68.7%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adams County	Dodge County
Population	31,587 → 31,034 (-1.8%)	36,665 → 37,146 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$53,023 → $65,680 (+23.9%)	$54,085 → $71,294 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$128,500 → $185,800 (+44.6%)	$130,200 → $188,100 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $853 (+18.1%)	$760 → $985 (+29.6%)

Adams County

Population

31,58731,034

Median household income

$53,023$65,680

Median home value

$128,500$185,800

Median gross rent

$722$853

Dodge County

Population

36,66537,146

Median household income

$54,085$71,294

Median home value

$130,200$188,100

Median gross rent

$760$985

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adams County	Dodge County
Under 5	6.5%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.6%	18.7%
18 to 24	10.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.4%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.8%
75 and over	7.8%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adams County	Dodge County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	78.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	17.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adams County	Dodge County
No high school diploma	8.1%	10.8%
High school graduate	25.2%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adams County	Dodge County
Drove alone	83.2%	84.7%
Carpooled	8.3%	8.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	4.2%	3.6%
Other means	1.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adams County	Dodge County
1-unit, detached	72.6%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	6.9%
20 or more units	4.9%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Adams County	Dodge County
Poverty rate	12.8%	9.3%
Average household size	2.31	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1966	1966