Buffalo County vs Sarpy County

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

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

Sarpy County has the higher population (194,051 vs 50,323 in Buffalo County). Sarpy County has the higher median household income ($101,402 vs $74,570 in Buffalo County). Sarpy County has the higher median home value ($287,600 vs $236,800 in Buffalo County).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo County	Sarpy County
Population	50,323	194,051
Median age	34.6 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,570	$101,402
Median home value	$236,800	$287,600
Median gross rent	$911	$1,284
Housing units	21,181	75,293
Homeownership rate	65.2%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.6%	41.9%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo County	Sarpy County
Population	49,209 → 50,323 (+2.3%)	181,232 → 194,051 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$59,431 → $74,570 (+25.5%)	$82,032 → $101,402 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$174,800 → $236,800 (+35.5%)	$195,300 → $287,600 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $911 (+16.9%)	$1,006 → $1,284 (+27.6%)

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

Sarpy County

Population

181,232194,051

Median household income

$82,032$101,402

Median home value

$195,300$287,600

Median gross rent

$1,006$1,284

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo County	Sarpy County
Under 5	6.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	16.9%	20.0%
18 to 24	14.7%	8.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	14.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	14.9%
45 to 54	10.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	10.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	9.2%	7.8%
75 and over	6.8%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo County	Sarpy County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	1.6%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo County	Sarpy County
No high school diploma	6.5%	4.3%
High school graduate	24.3%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo County	Sarpy County
Drove alone	83.4%	79.2%
Carpooled	9.2%	6.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	1.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	12.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo County	Sarpy County
1-unit, detached	66.3%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	10.5%
20 or more units	5.9%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo County	Sarpy County
Poverty rate	11.0%	5.2%
Average household size	2.45	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1979	1995