Cheyenne County vs Wayne County

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

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

Wayne County has the higher population (9,786 vs 9,478 in Cheyenne County). Wayne County has the higher median household income ($67,687 vs $57,594 in Cheyenne County). Wayne County has the higher median home value ($203,700 vs $129,100 in Cheyenne County).

Population, income & housing

	Cheyenne County	Wayne County
Population	9,478	9,786
Median age	42.0 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,594	$67,687
Median home value	$129,100	$203,700
Median gross rent	$912	$732
Housing units	4,886	3,973
Homeownership rate	66.9%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheyenne County	Wayne County
Population	9,604 → 9,478 (-1.3%)	9,332 → 9,786 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$53,871 → $57,594 (+6.9%)	$56,456 → $67,687 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$103,000 → $129,100 (+25.3%)	$137,200 → $203,700 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $912 (+15.2%)	$655 → $732 (+11.8%)

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

Wayne County

Population

9,3329,786

Median household income

$56,456$67,687

Median home value

$137,200$203,700

Median gross rent

$655$732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheyenne County	Wayne County
Under 5	5.8%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.9%	15.3%
18 to 24	6.8%	24.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	9.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	10.6%	8.4%
55 to 64	15.0%	11.0%
65 to 74	12.5%	8.8%
75 and over	8.9%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheyenne County	Wayne County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	85.6%
Black or African American	2.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheyenne County	Wayne County
No high school diploma	7.1%	4.9%
High school graduate	31.8%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheyenne County	Wayne County
Drove alone	74.8%	72.6%
Carpooled	9.2%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	9.2%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	12.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheyenne County	Wayne County
1-unit, detached	77.1%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	9.7%
20 or more units	5.6%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Cheyenne County	Wayne County
Poverty rate	11.1%	13.2%
Average household size	2.15	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	15	14
Median year structure built	1957	1967