Burt County vs Thurston County

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

Burt County and Thurston 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 6,666 in Thurston County). Thurston County has the higher median household income ($64,838 vs $57,303 in Burt County). Burt County has the higher median home value ($125,400 vs $105,100 in Thurston County).

Population, income & housing

	Burt County	Thurston County
Population	6,730	6,666
Median age	44.8 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,303	$64,838
Median home value	$125,400	$105,100
Median gross rent	$688	$698
Housing units	3,338	2,290
Homeownership rate	77.2%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burt County	Thurston County
Population	6,510 → 6,730 (+3.4%)	7,181 → 6,666 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$54,203 → $57,303 (+5.7%)	$51,034 → $64,838 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$100,400 → $125,400 (+24.9%)	$79,800 → $105,100 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $688 (+7.5%)	$611 → $698 (+14.2%)

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

Thurston County

Population

7,1816,666

Median household income

$51,034$64,838

Median home value

$79,800$105,100

Median gross rent

$611$698

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burt County	Thurston County
Under 5	5.1%	9.2%
5 to 17	17.8%	25.2%
18 to 24	6.2%	10.2%
25 to 34	9.6%	12.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	10.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	9.2%
55 to 64	14.6%	10.7%
65 to 74	13.8%	7.5%
75 and over	10.7%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burt County	Thurston County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	36.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	54.8%
Asian	0.4%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burt County	Thurston County
No high school diploma	7.8%	7.6%
High school graduate	33.9%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burt County	Thurston County
Drove alone	74.5%	78.8%
Carpooled	9.7%	8.9%
Public transit	0.1%	2.4%
Walked	3.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	5.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burt County	Thurston County
1-unit, detached	83.8%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Burt County	Thurston County
Poverty rate	13.7%	18.0%
Average household size	2.31	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1956	1971