Furnas County vs Sheridan County

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

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

Sheridan County has the higher population (5,058 vs 4,605 in Furnas County). Furnas County has the higher median household income ($60,625 vs $56,900 in Sheridan County). Sheridan County has the higher median home value ($102,900 vs $91,800 in Furnas County).

Population, income & housing

	Furnas County	Sheridan County
Population	4,605	5,058
Median age	46.4 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,625	$56,900
Median home value	$91,800	$102,900
Median gross rent	$805	$771
Housing units	2,514	2,704
Homeownership rate	76.9%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Furnas County	Sheridan County
Population	4,747 → 4,605 (-3.0%)	5,231 → 5,058 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$48,838 → $60,625 (+24.1%)	$45,371 → $56,900 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$73,000 → $91,800 (+25.8%)	$72,300 → $102,900 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$628 → $805 (+28.2%)	$684 → $771 (+12.7%)

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

Sheridan County

Population

5,2315,058

Median household income

$45,371$56,900

Median home value

$72,300$102,900

Median gross rent

$684$771

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Furnas County	Sheridan County
Under 5	5.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.3%	15.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	9.4%	9.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.1%
65 to 74	14.2%	15.3%
75 and over	11.2%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Furnas County	Sheridan County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	81.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	9.3%
Asian	0.1%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Furnas County	Sheridan County
No high school diploma	9.4%	10.0%
High school graduate	32.1%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Furnas County	Sheridan County
Drove alone	77.2%	66.4%
Carpooled	9.1%	17.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	5.7%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	9.8%
Other means	1.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Furnas County	Sheridan County
1-unit, detached	88.3%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	2.5%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Furnas County	Sheridan County
Poverty rate	12.3%	10.7%
Average household size	2.25	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1946	1950