Buffalo County vs Douglas County

A side-by-side comparison of Buffalo County and Douglas County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Douglas County has the higher population (585,461 vs 50,323 in Buffalo County). Douglas County has the higher median household income ($79,081 vs $74,570 in Buffalo County). Douglas County has the higher median home value ($245,800 vs $236,800 in Buffalo County).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo County	Douglas County
Population	50,323	585,461
Median age	34.6 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,570	$79,081
Median home value	$236,800	$245,800
Median gross rent	$911	$1,162
Housing units	21,181	248,692
Homeownership rate	65.2%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.6%	42.2%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo County	Douglas County
Population	49,209 → 50,323 (+2.3%)	560,617 → 585,461 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$59,431 → $74,570 (+25.5%)	$64,629 → $79,081 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$174,800 → $236,800 (+35.5%)	$169,800 → $245,800 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $911 (+16.9%)	$934 → $1,162 (+24.4%)

Buffalo County

Population

49,20950,323

Median household income

$59,431$74,570

Median home value

$174,800$236,800

Median gross rent

$779$911

Douglas County

Population

560,617585,461

Median household income

$64,629$79,081

Median home value

$169,800$245,800

Median gross rent

$934$1,162

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo County	Douglas County
Under 5	6.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	16.9%	18.5%
18 to 24	14.7%	9.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	14.8%
35 to 44	12.6%	14.1%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	10.8%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	8.6%
75 and over	6.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo County	Douglas County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	66.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	10.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	1.6%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.1%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo County	Douglas County
No high school diploma	6.5%	8.5%
High school graduate	24.3%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo County	Douglas County
Drove alone	83.4%	73.4%
Carpooled	9.2%	8.4%
Public transit	0.2%	1.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.4%	14.3%
Other means	0.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo County	Douglas County
1-unit, detached	66.3%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	13.4%
20 or more units	5.9%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo County	Douglas County
Poverty rate	11.0%	11.2%
Average household size	2.45	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1979	1976