Furnas County vs Nuckolls County

A side-by-side comparison of Furnas County and Nuckolls County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Furnas County has the higher population (4,605 vs 4,089 in Nuckolls County). Nuckolls County has the higher median household income ($70,201 vs $60,625 in Furnas County). Furnas County has the higher median home value ($91,800 vs $90,900 in Nuckolls County).

Population, income & housing

	Furnas County	Nuckolls County
Population	4,605	4,089
Median age	46.4 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,625	$70,201
Median home value	$91,800	$90,900
Median gross rent	$805	$616
Housing units	2,514	2,218
Homeownership rate	76.9%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Furnas County	Nuckolls County
Population	4,747 → 4,605 (-3.0%)	4,244 → 4,089 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$48,838 → $60,625 (+24.1%)	$43,388 → $70,201 (+61.8%)
Median home value	$73,000 → $91,800 (+25.8%)	$68,300 → $90,900 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$628 → $805 (+28.2%)	$495 → $616 (+24.4%)

Furnas County

Population

4,7474,605

Median household income

$48,838$60,625

Median home value

$73,000$91,800

Median gross rent

$628$805

Nuckolls County

Population

4,2444,089

Median household income

$43,388$70,201

Median home value

$68,300$90,900

Median gross rent

$495$616

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Furnas County	Nuckolls County
Under 5	5.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.3%	13.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.7%
25 to 34	9.4%	9.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.0%
55 to 64	14.1%	16.8%
65 to 74	14.2%	15.6%
75 and over	11.2%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Furnas County	Nuckolls County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Furnas County	Nuckolls County
No high school diploma	9.4%	7.9%
High school graduate	32.1%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Furnas County	Nuckolls County
Drove alone	77.2%	72.4%
Carpooled	9.1%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	7.1%
Other means	1.2%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Furnas County	Nuckolls County
1-unit, detached	88.3%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	3.2%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Furnas County	Nuckolls County
Poverty rate	12.3%	7.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1946	1947