Deuel County vs Garfield County

A side-by-side comparison of Deuel County and Garfield County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Deuel County has the higher population (1,865 vs 1,797 in Garfield County). Garfield County has the higher median household income ($68,611 vs $61,438 in Deuel County). Garfield County has the higher median home value ($144,900 vs $97,200 in Deuel County).

Population, income & housing

	Deuel County	Garfield County
Population	1,865	1,797
Median age	50.7 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,438	$68,611
Median home value	$97,200	$144,900
Median gross rent	$827	$519
Housing units	1,000	977
Homeownership rate	82.7%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deuel County	Garfield County
Population	1,831 → 1,865 (+1.9%)	2,001 → 1,797 (-10.2%)
Median household income	$47,287 → $61,438 (+29.9%)	$53,000 → $68,611 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$87,300 → $97,200 (+11.3%)	$105,100 → $144,900 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $827 (+31.1%)	$443 → $519 (+17.2%)

Deuel County

Population

1,8311,865

Median household income

$47,287$61,438

Median home value

$87,300$97,200

Median gross rent

$631$827

Garfield County

Population

2,0011,797

Median household income

$53,000$68,611

Median home value

$105,100$144,900

Median gross rent

$443$519

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deuel County	Garfield County
Under 5	6.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	13.3%	16.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	7.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	8.9%	9.8%
45 to 54	13.2%	9.6%
55 to 64	17.6%	12.9%
65 to 74	15.7%	12.9%
75 and over	10.7%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deuel County	Garfield County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deuel County	Garfield County
No high school diploma	8.7%	4.6%
High school graduate	29.5%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deuel County	Garfield County
Drove alone	78.6%	72.9%
Carpooled	9.9%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	12.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	3.7%
Other means	2.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deuel County	Garfield County
1-unit, detached	91.3%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Deuel County	Garfield County
Poverty rate	9.1%	11.7%
Average household size	2.25	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	26	13
Median year structure built	1947	1973