Boyd County vs Dundy County

A side-by-side comparison of Boyd County and Dundy County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dundy County has the higher population (1,811 vs 1,704 in Boyd County). Boyd County has the higher median household income ($58,984 vs $56,563 in Dundy County). Dundy County has the higher median home value ($118,200 vs $104,000 in Boyd County).

Population, income & housing

	Boyd County	Dundy County
Population	1,704	1,811
Median age	54.9 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,984	$56,563
Median home value	$104,000	$118,200
Median gross rent	$650	$588
Housing units	1,199	1,002
Homeownership rate	83.0%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyd County	Dundy County
Population	1,937 → 1,704 (-12.0%)	1,913 → 1,811 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$47,778 → $58,984 (+23.5%)	$41,716 → $56,563 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$73,000 → $104,000 (+42.5%)	$75,900 → $118,200 (+55.7%)
Median gross rent	$508 → $650 (+28.0%)	$492 → $588 (+19.5%)

Boyd County

Population

1,9371,704

Median household income

$47,778$58,984

Median home value

$73,000$104,000

Median gross rent

$508$650

Dundy County

Population

1,9131,811

Median household income

$41,716$56,563

Median home value

$75,900$118,200

Median gross rent

$492$588

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyd County	Dundy County
Under 5	4.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	14.9%	13.2%
18 to 24	4.9%	8.8%
25 to 34	6.9%	9.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.6%
45 to 54	8.1%	9.8%
55 to 64	16.1%	16.1%
65 to 74	21.4%	15.0%
75 and over	12.4%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyd County	Dundy County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyd County	Dundy County
No high school diploma	4.3%	4.8%
High school graduate	41.2%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyd County	Dundy County
Drove alone	70.0%	75.4%
Carpooled	8.0%	7.6%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	11.6%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	11.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyd County	Dundy County
1-unit, detached	85.4%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.4%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Boyd County	Dundy County
Poverty rate	10.2%	12.0%
Average household size	2.14	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	21	14
Median year structure built	1950	1953