Burt County vs Howard County

A side-by-side comparison of Burt County and Howard County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Burt County has the higher population (6,730 vs 6,492 in Howard County). Howard County has the higher median household income ($74,508 vs $57,303 in Burt County). Howard County has the higher median home value ($205,200 vs $125,400 in Burt County).

Population, income & housing

	Burt County	Howard County
Population	6,730	6,492
Median age	44.8 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,303	$74,508
Median home value	$125,400	$205,200
Median gross rent	$688	$811
Housing units	3,338	2,893
Homeownership rate	77.2%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burt County	Howard County
Population	6,510 → 6,730 (+3.4%)	6,417 → 6,492 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$54,203 → $57,303 (+5.7%)	$59,348 → $74,508 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$100,400 → $125,400 (+24.9%)	$148,800 → $205,200 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $688 (+7.5%)	$685 → $811 (+18.4%)

Burt County

Population

6,5106,730

Median household income

$54,203$57,303

Median home value

$100,400$125,400

Median gross rent

$640$688

Howard County

Population

6,4176,492

Median household income

$59,348$74,508

Median home value

$148,800$205,200

Median gross rent

$685$811

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burt County	Howard County
Under 5	5.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	17.8%	18.6%
18 to 24	6.2%	5.9%
25 to 34	9.6%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.0%
55 to 64	14.6%	13.8%
65 to 74	13.8%	12.5%
75 and over	10.7%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burt County	Howard County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burt County	Howard County
No high school diploma	7.8%	4.8%
High school graduate	33.9%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burt County	Howard County
Drove alone	74.5%	81.5%
Carpooled	9.7%	6.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	7.8%
Other means	1.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burt County	Howard County
1-unit, detached	83.8%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Burt County	Howard County
Poverty rate	13.7%	5.4%
Average household size	2.31	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1956	1966