Box Butte County vs Colfax County

A side-by-side comparison of Box Butte County and Colfax County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Box Butte County has the higher population (10,754 vs 10,541 in Colfax County). Colfax County has the higher median household income ($79,720 vs $68,778 in Box Butte County). Box Butte County has the higher median home value ($161,100 vs $128,800 in Colfax County).

Population, income & housing

	Box Butte County	Colfax County
Population	10,754	10,541
Median age	40.7 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,778	$79,720
Median home value	$161,100	$128,800
Median gross rent	$771	$902
Housing units	5,222	3,996
Homeownership rate	75.5%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Box Butte County	Colfax County
Population	10,970 → 10,754 (-2.0%)	10,714 → 10,541 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$54,004 → $68,778 (+27.4%)	$58,872 → $79,720 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$113,600 → $161,100 (+41.8%)	$101,100 → $128,800 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $771 (+15.4%)	$696 → $902 (+29.6%)

Box Butte County

Population

10,97010,754

Median household income

$54,004$68,778

Median home value

$113,600$161,100

Median gross rent

$668$771

Colfax County

Population

10,71410,541

Median household income

$58,872$79,720

Median home value

$101,100$128,800

Median gross rent

$696$902

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Box Butte County	Colfax County
Under 5	5.2%	8.0%
5 to 17	19.9%	22.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.4%	12.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	9.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	14.2%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.5%
65 to 74	12.3%	8.2%
75 and over	8.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Box Butte County	Colfax County
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	45.7%
Black or African American	3.4%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	2.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	47.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Box Butte County	Colfax County
No high school diploma	7.6%	23.3%
High school graduate	32.1%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Box Butte County	Colfax County
Drove alone	78.3%	78.9%
Carpooled	12.8%	11.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	1.4%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.2%	2.8%
Other means	0.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Box Butte County	Colfax County
1-unit, detached	75.2%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	2.5%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Box Butte County	Colfax County
Poverty rate	10.0%	8.7%
Average household size	2.33	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	11	18
Median year structure built	1966	1970