Gage County vs Washington County

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

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

Gage County has the higher population (21,646 vs 20,989 in Washington County). Washington County has the higher median household income ($90,188 vs $64,426 in Gage County). Washington County has the higher median home value ($278,300 vs $167,100 in Gage County).

Population, income & housing

	Gage County	Washington County
Population	21,646	20,989
Median age	42.8 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,426	$90,188
Median home value	$167,100	$278,300
Median gross rent	$770	$958
Housing units	10,390	8,665
Homeownership rate	72.3%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gage County	Washington County
Population	21,594 → 21,646 (+0.2%)	20,361 → 20,989 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$53,110 → $64,426 (+21.3%)	$71,430 → $90,188 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$116,200 → $167,100 (+43.8%)	$196,100 → $278,300 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $770 (+20.3%)	$739 → $958 (+29.6%)

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

Washington County

Population

20,36120,989

Median household income

$71,430$90,188

Median home value

$196,100$278,300

Median gross rent

$739$958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gage County	Washington County
Under 5	5.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.5%	18.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	10.1%	9.4%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.9%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.8%	11.6%
75 and over	10.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gage County	Washington County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.2%
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%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gage County	Washington County
No high school diploma	7.2%	4.1%
High school graduate	35.8%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gage County	Washington County
Drove alone	83.4%	81.6%
Carpooled	7.5%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	10.8%
Other means	0.9%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gage County	Washington County
1-unit, detached	83.7%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	6.5%
20 or more units	2.2%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Gage County	Washington County
Poverty rate	13.2%	6.9%
Average household size	2.30	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1962	1978