Box Butte County vs Saline County

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

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

Saline County has the higher population (14,642 vs 10,754 in Box Butte County). Saline County has the higher median household income ($77,027 vs $68,778 in Box Butte County). Saline County has the higher median home value ($180,700 vs $161,100 in Box Butte County).

Population, income & housing

	Box Butte County	Saline County
Population	10,754	14,642
Median age	40.7 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,778	$77,027
Median home value	$161,100	$180,700
Median gross rent	$771	$833
Housing units	5,222	5,774
Homeownership rate	75.5%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Box Butte County	Saline County
Population	10,970 → 10,754 (-2.0%)	14,270 → 14,642 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$54,004 → $68,778 (+27.4%)	$51,502 → $77,027 (+49.6%)
Median home value	$113,600 → $161,100 (+41.8%)	$99,300 → $180,700 (+82.0%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $771 (+15.4%)	$761 → $833 (+9.5%)

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

Saline County

Population

14,27014,642

Median household income

$51,502$77,027

Median home value

$99,300$180,700

Median gross rent

$761$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Box Butte County	Saline County
Under 5	5.2%	6.7%
5 to 17	19.9%	19.1%
18 to 24	5.9%	11.7%
25 to 34	12.4%	9.8%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	12.3%	9.2%
75 and over	8.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Box Butte County	Saline County
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	65.7%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	28.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Box Butte County	Saline County
No high school diploma	7.6%	20.2%
High school graduate	32.1%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Box Butte County	Saline County
Drove alone	78.3%	79.4%
Carpooled	12.8%	11.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.2%	4.2%
Other means	0.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Box Butte County	Saline County
1-unit, detached	75.2%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	5.8%
20 or more units	2.9%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Box Butte County	Saline County
Poverty rate	10.0%	9.5%
Average household size	2.33	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	11	21
Median year structure built	1966	1965