Cuming County vs Hamilton County

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

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

Hamilton County has the higher population (9,438 vs 8,976 in Cuming County). Hamilton County has the higher median household income ($79,884 vs $70,708 in Cuming County). Hamilton County has the higher median home value ($238,700 vs $174,900 in Cuming County).

Population, income & housing

	Cuming County	Hamilton County
Population	8,976	9,438
Median age	40.8 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,708	$79,884
Median home value	$174,900	$238,700
Median gross rent	$800	$776
Housing units	4,150	4,122
Homeownership rate	71.3%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	29.6%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cuming County	Hamilton County
Population	8,952 → 8,976 (+0.3%)	9,215 → 9,438 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$56,768 → $70,708 (+24.6%)	$64,210 → $79,884 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$122,200 → $174,900 (+43.1%)	$154,300 → $238,700 (+54.7%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $800 (+17.1%)	$739 → $776 (+5.0%)

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

Hamilton County

Population

9,2159,438

Median household income

$64,210$79,884

Median home value

$154,300$238,700

Median gross rent

$739$776

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cuming County	Hamilton County
Under 5	7.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.2%	18.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.6%
75 and over	10.2%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cuming County	Hamilton County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cuming County	Hamilton County
No high school diploma	7.9%	2.9%
High school graduate	33.9%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cuming County	Hamilton County
Drove alone	82.5%	79.7%
Carpooled	7.4%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.6%	8.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cuming County	Hamilton County
1-unit, detached	85.8%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	4.1%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Cuming County	Hamilton County
Poverty rate	7.8%	6.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1962	1972