Cheyenne County vs Phelps County

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

Cheyenne 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.

Cheyenne County has the higher population (9,478 vs 8,983 in Phelps County). Phelps County has the higher median household income ($65,988 vs $57,594 in Cheyenne County). Phelps County has the higher median home value ($173,300 vs $129,100 in Cheyenne County).

Population, income & housing

	Cheyenne County	Phelps County
Population	9,478	8,983
Median age	42.0 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,594	$65,988
Median home value	$129,100	$173,300
Median gross rent	$912	$724
Housing units	4,886	4,154
Homeownership rate	66.9%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheyenne County	Phelps County
Population	9,604 → 9,478 (-1.3%)	9,100 → 8,983 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$53,871 → $57,594 (+6.9%)	$59,040 → $65,988 (+11.8%)
Median home value	$103,000 → $129,100 (+25.3%)	$134,000 → $173,300 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $912 (+15.2%)	$672 → $724 (+7.7%)

Cheyenne County

Population

9,6049,478

Median household income

$53,871$57,594

Median home value

$103,000$129,100

Median gross rent

$792$912

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)

	Cheyenne County	Phelps County
Under 5	5.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.9%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.6%
75 and over	8.9%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheyenne County	Phelps County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	90.1%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.7%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheyenne County	Phelps County
No high school diploma	7.1%	7.9%
High school graduate	31.8%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheyenne County	Phelps County
Drove alone	74.8%	83.1%
Carpooled	9.2%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	3.3%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	5.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheyenne County	Phelps County
1-unit, detached	77.1%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	5.6%
20 or more units	5.6%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Cheyenne County	Phelps County
Poverty rate	11.1%	13.6%
Average household size	2.15	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	15	15
Median year structure built	1957	1966