Brown County vs Pawnee County

A side-by-side comparison of Brown County and Pawnee County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brown County has the higher population (2,739 vs 2,539 in Pawnee County). Pawnee County has the higher median household income ($54,926 vs $51,538 in Brown County). Brown County has the higher median home value ($100,200 vs $74,800 in Pawnee County).

Population, income & housing

	Brown County	Pawnee County
Population	2,739	2,539
Median age	45.9 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,538	$54,926
Median home value	$100,200	$74,800
Median gross rent	$932	$616
Housing units	1,645	1,410
Homeownership rate	73.8%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brown County	Pawnee County
Population	3,015 → 2,739 (-9.2%)	2,649 → 2,539 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$43,098 → $51,538 (+19.6%)	$46,452 → $54,926 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$79,700 → $100,200 (+25.7%)	$71,100 → $74,800 (+5.2%)
Median gross rent	$529 → $932 (+76.2%)	$551 → $616 (+11.8%)

Brown County

Population

3,0152,739

Median household income

$43,098$51,538

Median home value

$79,700$100,200

Median gross rent

$529$932

Pawnee County

Population

2,6492,539

Median household income

$46,452$54,926

Median home value

$71,100$74,800

Median gross rent

$551$616

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brown County	Pawnee County
Under 5	6.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	14.4%	17.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.0%	8.0%
35 to 44	10.6%	10.5%
45 to 54	9.8%	8.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	15.3%	14.3%
75 and over	11.9%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brown County	Pawnee County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	4.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brown County	Pawnee County
No high school diploma	7.7%	12.1%
High school graduate	31.8%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brown County	Pawnee County
Drove alone	78.4%	69.2%
Carpooled	8.9%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.7%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brown County	Pawnee County
1-unit, detached	82.4%	92.7%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.7%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Brown County	Pawnee County
Poverty rate	12.1%	14.1%
Average household size	2.24	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	10	20
Median year structure built	1962	1945