Butler County vs Phelps County

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

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

Phelps County has the higher population (8,983 vs 8,413 in Butler County). Butler County has the higher median household income ($82,603 vs $65,988 in Phelps County). Phelps County has the higher median home value ($173,300 vs $165,700 in Butler County).

Population, income & housing

	Butler County	Phelps County
Population	8,413	8,983
Median age	42.7 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$82,603	$65,988
Median home value	$165,700	$173,300
Median gross rent	$753	$724
Housing units	4,031	4,154
Homeownership rate	80.3%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler County	Phelps County
Population	8,029 → 8,413 (+4.8%)	9,100 → 8,983 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$58,979 → $82,603 (+40.1%)	$59,040 → $65,988 (+11.8%)
Median home value	$117,300 → $165,700 (+41.3%)	$134,000 → $173,300 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$734 → $753 (+2.6%)	$672 → $724 (+7.7%)

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

Phelps County

Population

9,1008,983

Median household income

$59,040$65,988

Median home value

$134,000$173,300

Median gross rent

$672$724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler County	Phelps County
Under 5	5.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	18.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.8%
25 to 34	10.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.6%
75 and over	8.7%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler County	Phelps County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler County	Phelps County
No high school diploma	8.2%	7.9%
High school graduate	35.0%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler County	Phelps County
Drove alone	78.2%	83.1%
Carpooled	8.2%	7.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	5.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler County	Phelps County
1-unit, detached	83.1%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	5.6%
20 or more units	1.1%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Butler County	Phelps County
Poverty rate	7.6%	13.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	24	15
Median year structure built	1968	1966