Blaine County vs Loup County

A side-by-side comparison of Blaine County and Loup County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Loup County has the higher population (564 vs 385 in Blaine County). Blaine County has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $60,156 in Loup County). Loup County has the higher median home value ($120,700 vs $102,100 in Blaine County).

Population, income & housing

	Blaine County	Loup County
Population	385	564
Median age	56.8 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$60,156
Median home value	$102,100	$120,700
Median gross rent	$786	$650
Housing units	295	429
Homeownership rate	71.4%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blaine County	Loup County
Population	477 → 385 (-19.3%)	605 → 564 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$51,094 → $61,250 (+19.9%)	$51,000 → $60,156 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$75,700 → $102,100 (+34.9%)	$112,500 → $120,700 (+7.3%)
Median gross rent	$567 → $786 (+38.6%)	$533 → $650 (+22.0%)

Blaine County

Population

477385

Median household income

$51,094$61,250

Median home value

$75,700$102,100

Median gross rent

$567$786

Loup County

Population

605564

Median household income

$51,000$60,156

Median home value

$112,500$120,700

Median gross rent

$533$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blaine County	Loup County
Under 5	5.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	13.8%	16.7%
18 to 24	2.3%	4.4%
25 to 34	9.1%	11.7%
35 to 44	5.7%	10.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	13.7%
55 to 64	18.4%	11.7%
65 to 74	16.6%	20.0%
75 and over	17.4%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blaine County	Loup County
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	86.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blaine County	Loup County
No high school diploma	4.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.9%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blaine County	Loup County
Drove alone	55.1%	76.9%
Carpooled	4.4%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	21.0%	12.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	5.0%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blaine County	Loup County
1-unit, detached	81.7%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	17.2%

Poverty & households

	Blaine County	Loup County
Poverty rate	10.6%	8.2%
Average household size	2.01	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1959	1980