Antelope County vs Burt County

A side-by-side comparison of Antelope County and Burt County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Burt County has the higher population (6,730 vs 6,302 in Antelope County). Antelope County has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $57,303 in Burt County). Burt County has the higher median home value ($125,400 vs $116,900 in Antelope County).

Population, income & housing

	Antelope County	Burt County
Population	6,302	6,730
Median age	42.7 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$57,303
Median home value	$116,900	$125,400
Median gross rent	$746	$688
Housing units	3,144	3,338
Homeownership rate	75.6%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Antelope County	Burt County
Population	6,341 → 6,302 (-0.6%)	6,510 → 6,730 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$49,912 → $63,750 (+27.7%)	$54,203 → $57,303 (+5.7%)
Median home value	$82,000 → $116,900 (+42.6%)	$100,400 → $125,400 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$603 → $746 (+23.7%)	$640 → $688 (+7.5%)

Antelope County

Population

6,3416,302

Median household income

$49,912$63,750

Median home value

$82,000$116,900

Median gross rent

$603$746

Burt County

Population

6,5106,730

Median household income

$54,203$57,303

Median home value

$100,400$125,400

Median gross rent

$640$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Antelope County	Burt County
Under 5	6.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.9%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.2%
25 to 34	9.9%	9.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	9.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.6%
65 to 74	13.2%	13.8%
75 and over	10.8%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Antelope County	Burt County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.7%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Antelope County	Burt County
No high school diploma	6.9%	7.8%
High school graduate	31.5%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Antelope County	Burt County
Drove alone	77.3%	74.5%
Carpooled	7.8%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	4.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.4%	11.6%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Antelope County	Burt County
1-unit, detached	90.2%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	4.5%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Antelope County	Burt County
Poverty rate	10.0%	13.7%
Average household size	2.32	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1960	1956