Chase County vs Nance County

A side-by-side comparison of Chase County and Nance County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chase County has the higher population (3,639 vs 3,342 in Nance County). Nance County has the higher median household income ($65,438 vs $62,782 in Chase County). Chase County has the higher median home value ($178,700 vs $122,800 in Nance County).

Population, income & housing

	Chase County	Nance County
Population	3,639	3,342
Median age	41.8 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,782	$65,438
Median home value	$178,700	$122,800
Median gross rent	$749	$776
Housing units	1,870	1,622
Homeownership rate	77.5%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chase County	Nance County
Population	3,783 → 3,639 (-3.8%)	3,544 → 3,342 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$57,009 → $62,782 (+10.1%)	$49,032 → $65,438 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$133,300 → $178,700 (+34.1%)	$78,300 → $122,800 (+56.8%)
Median gross rent	$687 → $749 (+9.0%)	$586 → $776 (+32.4%)

Chase County

Population

3,7833,639

Median household income

$57,009$62,782

Median home value

$133,300$178,700

Median gross rent

$687$749

Nance County

Population

3,5443,342

Median household income

$49,032$65,438

Median home value

$78,300$122,800

Median gross rent

$586$776

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chase County	Nance County
Under 5	6.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.9%	17.9%
18 to 24	5.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	8.7%	9.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	17.1%
65 to 74	11.2%	13.1%
75 and over	12.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chase County	Nance County
White (non-Hispanic)	77.0%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	2.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	18.4%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chase County	Nance County
No high school diploma	11.5%	7.4%
High school graduate	26.1%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chase County	Nance County
Drove alone	74.9%	74.1%
Carpooled	5.2%	8.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	10.4%
Other means	1.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chase County	Nance County
1-unit, detached	85.9%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Chase County	Nance County
Poverty rate	7.8%	16.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	15	27
Median year structure built	1972	1950