Garden County vs Garfield County

A side-by-side comparison of Garden County and Garfield County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Garfield County has the higher population (1,797 vs 1,620 in Garden County). Garfield County has the higher median household income ($68,611 vs $44,777 in Garden County). Garfield County has the higher median home value ($144,900 vs $95,500 in Garden County).

Population, income & housing

	Garden County	Garfield County
Population	1,620	1,797
Median age	54.1 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$44,777	$68,611
Median home value	$95,500	$144,900
Median gross rent	$675	$519
Housing units	1,163	977
Homeownership rate	78.4%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden County	Garfield County
Population	1,864 → 1,620 (-13.1%)	2,001 → 1,797 (-10.2%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $44,777 (+2.3%)	$53,000 → $68,611 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$81,800 → $95,500 (+16.7%)	$105,100 → $144,900 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $675 (+1.0%)	$443 → $519 (+17.2%)

Garden County

Population

1,8641,620

Median household income

$43,750$44,777

Median home value

$81,800$95,500

Median gross rent

$668$675

Garfield County

Population

2,0011,797

Median household income

$53,000$68,611

Median home value

$105,100$144,900

Median gross rent

$443$519

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden County	Garfield County
Under 5	3.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.9%	16.8%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	8.6%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.7%	9.8%
45 to 54	7.7%	9.6%
55 to 64	17.1%	12.9%
65 to 74	16.2%	12.9%
75 and over	15.6%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden County	Garfield County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden County	Garfield County
No high school diploma	4.8%	4.6%
High school graduate	32.2%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	42.3%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden County	Garfield County
Drove alone	65.0%	72.9%
Carpooled	8.1%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	12.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.6%	3.7%
Other means	3.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden County	Garfield County
1-unit, detached	89.5%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	1.7%
20 or more units	1.7%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Garden County	Garfield County
Poverty rate	14.1%	11.7%
Average household size	1.92	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	11	13
Median year structure built	1953	1973