Frontier County vs Pawnee County

A side-by-side comparison of Frontier County and Pawnee County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Frontier County has the higher population (2,562 vs 2,539 in Pawnee County). Frontier County has the higher median household income ($68,207 vs $54,926 in Pawnee County). Frontier County has the higher median home value ($138,800 vs $74,800 in Pawnee County).

Population, income & housing

	Frontier County	Pawnee County
Population	2,562	2,539
Median age	42.8 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,207	$54,926
Median home value	$138,800	$74,800
Median gross rent	$605	$616
Housing units	1,372	1,410
Homeownership rate	71.9%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frontier County	Pawnee County
Population	2,640 → 2,562 (-3.0%)	2,649 → 2,539 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$54,659 → $68,207 (+24.8%)	$46,452 → $54,926 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$101,200 → $138,800 (+37.2%)	$71,100 → $74,800 (+5.2%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $605 (+1.5%)	$551 → $616 (+11.8%)

Frontier County

Population

2,6402,562

Median household income

$54,659$68,207

Median home value

$101,200$138,800

Median gross rent

$596$605

Pawnee County

Population

2,6492,539

Median household income

$46,452$54,926

Median home value

$71,100$74,800

Median gross rent

$551$616

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frontier County	Pawnee County
Under 5	5.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.7%	17.2%
18 to 24	11.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.2%	8.0%
35 to 44	10.5%	10.5%
45 to 54	9.3%	8.5%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.8%
65 to 74	13.3%	14.3%
75 and over	12.2%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frontier County	Pawnee County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	94.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frontier County	Pawnee County
No high school diploma	7.1%	12.1%
High school graduate	27.1%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frontier County	Pawnee County
Drove alone	83.0%	69.2%
Carpooled	3.7%	9.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.9%	12.7%
Other means	0.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frontier County	Pawnee County
1-unit, detached	80.9%	92.7%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Frontier County	Pawnee County
Poverty rate	12.1%	14.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1954	1945