Antelope County vs Stanton County

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

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

Antelope County has the higher population (6,302 vs 5,835 in Stanton County). Stanton County has the higher median household income ($78,275 vs $63,750 in Antelope County). Stanton County has the higher median home value ($184,300 vs $116,900 in Antelope County).

Population, income & housing

	Antelope County	Stanton County
Population	6,302	5,835
Median age	42.7 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$78,275
Median home value	$116,900	$184,300
Median gross rent	$746	$817
Housing units	3,144	2,475
Homeownership rate	75.6%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Antelope County	Stanton County
Population	6,341 → 6,302 (-0.6%)	5,957 → 5,835 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$49,912 → $63,750 (+27.7%)	$63,986 → $78,275 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$82,000 → $116,900 (+42.6%)	$119,500 → $184,300 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$603 → $746 (+23.7%)	$690 → $817 (+18.4%)

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

Stanton County

Population

5,9575,835

Median household income

$63,986$78,275

Median home value

$119,500$184,300

Median gross rent

$690$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Antelope County	Stanton County
Under 5	6.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.9%	18.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.3%
25 to 34	9.9%	9.9%
35 to 44	10.6%	12.2%
45 to 54	9.3%	10.6%
55 to 64	14.5%	15.7%
65 to 74	13.2%	11.7%
75 and over	10.8%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Antelope County	Stanton County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Antelope County	Stanton County
No high school diploma	6.9%	4.8%
High school graduate	31.5%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Antelope County	Stanton County
Drove alone	77.3%	82.3%
Carpooled	7.8%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	9.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Antelope County	Stanton County
1-unit, detached	90.2%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	1.1%
20 or more units	1.6%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Antelope County	Stanton County
Poverty rate	10.0%	7.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1960	1971