Douglas County vs Sarpy County

A side-by-side comparison of Douglas County and Sarpy County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Douglas County has the higher population (585,461 vs 194,051 in Sarpy County). Sarpy County has the higher median household income ($101,402 vs $79,081 in Douglas County). Sarpy County has the higher median home value ($287,600 vs $245,800 in Douglas County).

Population, income & housing

	Douglas County	Sarpy County
Population	585,461	194,051
Median age	35.5 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$79,081	$101,402
Median home value	$245,800	$287,600
Median gross rent	$1,162	$1,284
Housing units	248,692	75,293
Homeownership rate	61.7%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.2%	41.9%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Douglas County	Sarpy County
Population	560,617 → 585,461 (+4.4%)	181,232 → 194,051 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$64,629 → $79,081 (+22.4%)	$82,032 → $101,402 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$169,800 → $245,800 (+44.8%)	$195,300 → $287,600 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$934 → $1,162 (+24.4%)	$1,006 → $1,284 (+27.6%)

Douglas County

Population

560,617585,461

Median household income

$64,629$79,081

Median home value

$169,800$245,800

Median gross rent

$934$1,162

Sarpy County

Population

181,232194,051

Median household income

$82,032$101,402

Median home value

$195,300$287,600

Median gross rent

$1,006$1,284

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Douglas County	Sarpy County
Under 5	7.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	18.5%	20.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.8%	14.0%
35 to 44	14.1%	14.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.4%	11.3%
65 to 74	8.6%	7.8%
75 and over	5.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Douglas County	Sarpy County
White (non-Hispanic)	66.6%	77.6%
Black or African American	10.3%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	4.2%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Douglas County	Sarpy County
No high school diploma	8.5%	4.3%
High school graduate	20.3%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Douglas County	Sarpy County
Drove alone	73.4%	79.2%
Carpooled	8.4%	6.7%
Public transit	1.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	12.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Douglas County	Sarpy County
1-unit, detached	66.1%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	10.5%
20 or more units	12.3%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Douglas County	Sarpy County
Poverty rate	11.2%	5.2%
Average household size	2.44	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1976	1995