Antelope County vs Kearney County

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

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

Kearney County has the higher population (6,697 vs 6,302 in Antelope County). Kearney County has the higher median household income ($79,167 vs $63,750 in Antelope County). Kearney County has the higher median home value ($218,300 vs $116,900 in Antelope County).

Population, income & housing

	Antelope County	Kearney County
Population	6,302	6,697
Median age	42.7 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$79,167
Median home value	$116,900	$218,300
Median gross rent	$746	$787
Housing units	3,144	2,985
Homeownership rate	75.6%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Antelope County	Kearney County
Population	6,341 → 6,302 (-0.6%)	6,529 → 6,697 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$49,912 → $63,750 (+27.7%)	$60,266 → $79,167 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$82,000 → $116,900 (+42.6%)	$149,700 → $218,300 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$603 → $746 (+23.7%)	$695 → $787 (+13.2%)

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

Kearney County

Population

6,5296,697

Median household income

$60,266$79,167

Median home value

$149,700$218,300

Median gross rent

$695$787

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Antelope County	Kearney County
Under 5	6.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.9%	19.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	9.9%	11.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.7%
65 to 74	13.2%	11.2%
75 and over	10.8%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Antelope County	Kearney County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Antelope County	Kearney County
No high school diploma	6.9%	6.0%
High school graduate	31.5%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Antelope County	Kearney County
Drove alone	77.3%	81.9%
Carpooled	7.8%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	4.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.4%	7.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Antelope County	Kearney County
1-unit, detached	90.2%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	2.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Antelope County	Kearney County
Poverty rate	10.0%	6.7%
Average household size	2.32	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1960	1964