Boone County vs Polk County

A side-by-side comparison of Boone County and Polk County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Boone County has the higher population (5,366 vs 5,209 in Polk County). Polk County has the higher median household income ($71,771 vs $71,367 in Boone County). Polk County has the higher median home value ($177,800 vs $164,700 in Boone County).

Population, income & housing

	Boone County	Polk County
Population	5,366	5,209
Median age	43.2 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,367	$71,771
Median home value	$164,700	$177,800
Median gross rent	$734	$692
Housing units	2,545	2,524
Homeownership rate	79.2%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boone County	Polk County
Population	5,279 → 5,366 (+1.6%)	5,225 → 5,209 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$54,979 → $71,367 (+29.8%)	$67,719 → $71,771 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$118,400 → $164,700 (+39.1%)	$107,300 → $177,800 (+65.7%)
Median gross rent	$572 → $734 (+28.3%)	$584 → $692 (+18.5%)

Boone County

Population

5,2795,366

Median household income

$54,979$71,367

Median home value

$118,400$164,700

Median gross rent

$572$734

Polk County

Population

5,2255,209

Median household income

$67,719$71,771

Median home value

$107,300$177,800

Median gross rent

$584$692

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boone County	Polk County
Under 5	5.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.2%	17.2%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.6%	9.9%
35 to 44	10.6%	10.5%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	12.3%	13.6%
75 and over	11.3%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boone County	Polk County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boone County	Polk County
No high school diploma	6.2%	6.7%
High school graduate	39.2%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boone County	Polk County
Drove alone	73.8%	76.1%
Carpooled	11.0%	9.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	4.3%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	9.8%
Other means	2.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boone County	Polk County
1-unit, detached	89.5%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	2.6%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Boone County	Polk County
Poverty rate	9.2%	6.2%
Average household size	2.39	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1954	1963