Dodge County vs Hall County

A side-by-side comparison of Dodge County and Hall County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hall County has the higher population (62,431 vs 37,146 in Dodge County). Dodge County has the higher median household income ($71,294 vs $67,549 in Hall County). Hall County has the higher median home value ($207,900 vs $188,100 in Dodge County).

Population, income & housing

	Dodge County	Hall County
Population	37,146	62,431
Median age	38.9 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,294	$67,549
Median home value	$188,100	$207,900
Median gross rent	$985	$911
Housing units	16,553	25,377
Homeownership rate	66.8%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dodge County	Hall County
Population	36,665 → 37,146 (+1.3%)	61,265 → 62,431 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$54,085 → $71,294 (+31.8%)	$57,104 → $67,549 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$130,200 → $188,100 (+44.5%)	$146,000 → $207,900 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $985 (+29.6%)	$768 → $911 (+18.6%)

Dodge County

Population

36,66537,146

Median household income

$54,085$71,294

Median home value

$130,200$188,100

Median gross rent

$760$985

Hall County

Population

61,26562,431

Median household income

$57,104$67,549

Median home value

$146,000$207,900

Median gross rent

$768$911

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dodge County	Hall County
Under 5	6.4%	7.5%
5 to 17	18.7%	20.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	10.9%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.0%
75 and over	8.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dodge County	Hall County
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	62.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	31.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dodge County	Hall County
No high school diploma	10.8%	15.3%
High school graduate	35.9%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dodge County	Hall County
Drove alone	84.7%	81.8%
Carpooled	8.4%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.6%	3.7%
Other means	1.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dodge County	Hall County
1-unit, detached	73.9%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	7.7%
20 or more units	4.2%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Dodge County	Hall County
Poverty rate	9.3%	11.8%
Average household size	2.43	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1966	1975