Butler County vs Cuming County

A side-by-side comparison of Butler County and Cuming County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cuming County has the higher population (8,976 vs 8,413 in Butler County). Butler County has the higher median household income ($82,603 vs $70,708 in Cuming County). Cuming County has the higher median home value ($174,900 vs $165,700 in Butler County).

Population, income & housing

	Butler County	Cuming County
Population	8,413	8,976
Median age	42.7 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$82,603	$70,708
Median home value	$165,700	$174,900
Median gross rent	$753	$800
Housing units	4,031	4,150
Homeownership rate	80.3%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler County	Cuming County
Population	8,029 → 8,413 (+4.8%)	8,952 → 8,976 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$58,979 → $82,603 (+40.1%)	$56,768 → $70,708 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$117,300 → $165,700 (+41.3%)	$122,200 → $174,900 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$734 → $753 (+2.6%)	$683 → $800 (+17.1%)

Butler County

Population

8,0298,413

Median household income

$58,979$82,603

Median home value

$117,300$165,700

Median gross rent

$734$753

Cuming County

Population

8,9528,976

Median household income

$56,768$70,708

Median home value

$122,200$174,900

Median gross rent

$683$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler County	Cuming County
Under 5	5.7%	7.7%
5 to 17	18.1%	17.2%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.3%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	11.1%
75 and over	8.7%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler County	Cuming County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	85.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler County	Cuming County
No high school diploma	8.2%	7.9%
High school graduate	35.0%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler County	Cuming County
Drove alone	78.2%	82.5%
Carpooled	8.2%	7.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.4%	7.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler County	Cuming County
1-unit, detached	83.1%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	5.5%
20 or more units	1.1%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Butler County	Cuming County
Poverty rate	7.6%	7.8%
Average household size	2.34	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1968	1962