Burt County vs Pierce County

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

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

Pierce County has the higher population (7,312 vs 6,730 in Burt County). Pierce County has the higher median household income ($75,938 vs $57,303 in Burt County). Pierce County has the higher median home value ($182,700 vs $125,400 in Burt County).

Population, income & housing

	Burt County	Pierce County
Population	6,730	7,312
Median age	44.8 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,303	$75,938
Median home value	$125,400	$182,700
Median gross rent	$688	$850
Housing units	3,338	3,137
Homeownership rate	77.2%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burt County	Pierce County
Population	6,510 → 6,730 (+3.4%)	7,144 → 7,312 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$54,203 → $57,303 (+5.7%)	$64,511 → $75,938 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$100,400 → $125,400 (+24.9%)	$132,700 → $182,700 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $688 (+7.5%)	$636 → $850 (+33.6%)

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

Pierce County

Population

7,1447,312

Median household income

$64,511$75,938

Median home value

$132,700$182,700

Median gross rent

$636$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burt County	Pierce County
Under 5	5.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	17.8%	18.3%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.9%
25 to 34	9.6%	10.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.6%
55 to 64	14.6%	14.6%
65 to 74	13.8%	10.7%
75 and over	10.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burt County	Pierce County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.4%
Asian	0.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burt County	Pierce County
No high school diploma	7.8%	5.6%
High school graduate	33.9%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burt County	Pierce County
Drove alone	74.5%	80.6%
Carpooled	9.7%	6.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	11.6%	8.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burt County	Pierce County
1-unit, detached	83.8%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Burt County	Pierce County
Poverty rate	13.7%	8.0%
Average household size	2.31	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1956	1959