Frontier County vs Perkins County

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

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

Perkins County has the higher population (2,835 vs 2,562 in Frontier County). Frontier County has the higher median household income ($68,207 vs $67,500 in Perkins County). Perkins County has the higher median home value ($149,200 vs $138,800 in Frontier County).

Population, income & housing

	Frontier County	Perkins County
Population	2,562	2,835
Median age	42.8 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,207	$67,500
Median home value	$138,800	$149,200
Median gross rent	$605	$783
Housing units	1,372	1,353
Homeownership rate	71.9%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frontier County	Perkins County
Population	2,640 → 2,562 (-3.0%)	2,901 → 2,835 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$54,659 → $68,207 (+24.8%)	$65,543 → $67,500 (+3.0%)
Median home value	$101,200 → $138,800 (+37.2%)	$118,400 → $149,200 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $605 (+1.5%)	$680 → $783 (+15.1%)

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

Perkins County

Population

2,9012,835

Median household income

$65,543$67,500

Median home value

$118,400$149,200

Median gross rent

$680$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frontier County	Perkins County
Under 5	5.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.7%	19.5%
18 to 24	11.3%	5.5%
25 to 34	9.2%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.5%	14.6%
45 to 54	9.3%	8.5%
55 to 64	13.1%	12.8%
65 to 74	13.3%	13.2%
75 and over	12.2%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frontier County	Perkins County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	91.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frontier County	Perkins County
No high school diploma	7.1%	7.3%
High school graduate	27.1%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frontier County	Perkins County
Drove alone	83.0%	78.8%
Carpooled	3.7%	11.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.9%	4.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frontier County	Perkins County
1-unit, detached	80.9%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Frontier County	Perkins County
Poverty rate	12.1%	7.7%
Average household size	2.32	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	22	15
Median year structure built	1954	1951