Dixon County vs Stanton County

A side-by-side comparison of Dixon County and Stanton County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Stanton County has the higher population (5,835 vs 5,561 in Dixon County). Stanton County has the higher median household income ($78,275 vs $69,156 in Dixon County). Stanton County has the higher median home value ($184,300 vs $141,400 in Dixon County).

Population, income & housing

	Dixon County	Stanton County
Population	5,561	5,835
Median age	42.1 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$69,156	$78,275
Median home value	$141,400	$184,300
Median gross rent	$661	$817
Housing units	2,528	2,475
Homeownership rate	77.3%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dixon County	Stanton County
Population	5,719 → 5,561 (-2.8%)	5,957 → 5,835 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$56,905 → $69,156 (+21.5%)	$63,986 → $78,275 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$94,700 → $141,400 (+49.3%)	$119,500 → $184,300 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $661 (-7.3%)	$690 → $817 (+18.4%)

Dixon County

Population

5,7195,561

Median household income

$56,905$69,156

Median home value

$94,700$141,400

Median gross rent

$713$661

Stanton County

Population

5,9575,835

Median household income

$63,986$78,275

Median home value

$119,500$184,300

Median gross rent

$690$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dixon County	Stanton County
Under 5	6.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.8%	18.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	8.8%	9.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.6%
55 to 64	14.2%	15.7%
65 to 74	12.4%	11.7%
75 and over	8.8%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dixon County	Stanton County
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dixon County	Stanton County
No high school diploma	15.7%	4.8%
High school graduate	31.9%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dixon County	Stanton County
Drove alone	75.6%	82.3%
Carpooled	9.8%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	9.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dixon County	Stanton County
1-unit, detached	87.7%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	1.1%
20 or more units	1.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Dixon County	Stanton County
Poverty rate	7.1%	7.1%
Average household size	2.45	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1951	1971