Gage County vs Saunders County

A side-by-side comparison of Gage County and Saunders County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Saunders County has the higher population (22,761 vs 21,646 in Gage County). Saunders County has the higher median household income ($89,395 vs $64,426 in Gage County). Saunders County has the higher median home value ($241,100 vs $167,100 in Gage County).

Population, income & housing

	Gage County	Saunders County
Population	21,646	22,761
Median age	42.8 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,426	$89,395
Median home value	$167,100	$241,100
Median gross rent	$770	$930
Housing units	10,390	10,154
Homeownership rate	72.3%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gage County	Saunders County
Population	21,594 → 21,646 (+0.2%)	21,165 → 22,761 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$53,110 → $64,426 (+21.3%)	$68,682 → $89,395 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$116,200 → $167,100 (+43.8%)	$165,600 → $241,100 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $770 (+20.3%)	$745 → $930 (+24.8%)

Gage County

Population

21,59421,646

Median household income

$53,110$64,426

Median home value

$116,200$167,100

Median gross rent

$640$770

Saunders County

Population

21,16522,761

Median household income

$68,682$89,395

Median home value

$165,600$241,100

Median gross rent

$745$930

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gage County	Saunders County
Under 5	5.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.5%	18.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.9%	15.3%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.8%
75 and over	10.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gage County	Saunders County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gage County	Saunders County
No high school diploma	7.2%	3.9%
High school graduate	35.8%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gage County	Saunders County
Drove alone	83.4%	78.1%
Carpooled	7.5%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	2.2%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.0%	9.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gage County	Saunders County
1-unit, detached	83.7%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	4.1%
20 or more units	2.2%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Gage County	Saunders County
Poverty rate	13.2%	6.4%
Average household size	2.30	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1962	1973