Antelope County vs Thurston County

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

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

Thurston County has the higher population (6,666 vs 6,302 in Antelope County). Thurston County has the higher median household income ($64,838 vs $63,750 in Antelope County). Antelope County has the higher median home value ($116,900 vs $105,100 in Thurston County).

Population, income & housing

	Antelope County	Thurston County
Population	6,302	6,666
Median age	42.7 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$64,838
Median home value	$116,900	$105,100
Median gross rent	$746	$698
Housing units	3,144	2,290
Homeownership rate	75.6%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Antelope County	Thurston County
Population	6,341 → 6,302 (-0.6%)	7,181 → 6,666 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$49,912 → $63,750 (+27.7%)	$51,034 → $64,838 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$82,000 → $116,900 (+42.6%)	$79,800 → $105,100 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$603 → $746 (+23.7%)	$611 → $698 (+14.2%)

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

Thurston County

Population

7,1816,666

Median household income

$51,034$64,838

Median home value

$79,800$105,100

Median gross rent

$611$698

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Antelope County	Thurston County
Under 5	6.6%	9.2%
5 to 17	17.9%	25.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	10.2%
25 to 34	9.9%	12.8%
35 to 44	10.6%	10.3%
45 to 54	9.3%	9.2%
55 to 64	14.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	13.2%	7.5%
75 and over	10.8%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Antelope County	Thurston County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	36.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	54.8%
Asian	0.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Antelope County	Thurston County
No high school diploma	6.9%	7.6%
High school graduate	31.5%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Antelope County	Thurston County
Drove alone	77.3%	78.8%
Carpooled	7.8%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	2.4%
Walked	4.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	5.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Antelope County	Thurston County
1-unit, detached	90.2%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	7.4%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Antelope County	Thurston County
Poverty rate	10.0%	18.0%
Average household size	2.32	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1960	1971