Custer County vs Holt County

A side-by-side comparison of Custer County and Holt County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Custer County has the higher population (10,544 vs 10,093 in Holt County). Holt County has the higher median household income ($67,225 vs $66,310 in Custer County). Custer County has the higher median home value ($160,500 vs $152,000 in Holt County).

Population, income & housing

	Custer County	Holt County
Population	10,544	10,093
Median age	42.3 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,310	$67,225
Median home value	$160,500	$152,000
Median gross rent	$794	$724
Housing units	5,331	4,905
Homeownership rate	70.9%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Custer County	Holt County
Population	10,826 → 10,544 (-2.6%)	10,177 → 10,093 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$52,184 → $66,310 (+27.1%)	$60,387 → $67,225 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$108,100 → $160,500 (+48.5%)	$114,100 → $152,000 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $794 (+19.2%)	$642 → $724 (+12.8%)

Custer County

Population

10,82610,544

Median household income

$52,184$66,310

Median home value

$108,100$160,500

Median gross rent

$666$794

Holt County

Population

10,17710,093

Median household income

$60,387$67,225

Median home value

$114,100$152,000

Median gross rent

$642$724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Custer County	Holt County
Under 5	6.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.5%	18.7%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	11.4%	10.7%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.5%
45 to 54	10.3%	9.6%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.1%
65 to 74	12.3%	12.7%
75 and over	10.0%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Custer County	Holt County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Custer County	Holt County
No high school diploma	6.0%	7.0%
High school graduate	31.4%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Custer County	Holt County
Drove alone	78.8%	79.7%
Carpooled	10.1%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	8.1%
Other means	0.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Custer County	Holt County
1-unit, detached	87.7%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	2.2%
20 or more units	3.2%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Custer County	Holt County
Poverty rate	8.6%	10.8%
Average household size	2.34	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	18	16
Median year structure built	1958	1966