Garden County vs Rock County

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

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

Garden County has the higher population (1,620 vs 1,335 in Rock County). Rock County has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $44,777 in Garden County). Rock County has the higher median home value ($124,400 vs $95,500 in Garden County).

Population, income & housing

	Garden County	Rock County
Population	1,620	1,335
Median age	54.1 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,777	$57,500
Median home value	$95,500	$124,400
Median gross rent	$675	$608
Housing units	1,163	829
Homeownership rate	78.4%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden County	Rock County
Population	1,864 → 1,620 (-13.1%)	1,414 → 1,335 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $44,777 (+2.3%)	$56,250 → $57,500 (+2.2%)
Median home value	$81,800 → $95,500 (+16.7%)	$96,200 → $124,400 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $675 (+1.0%)	$488 → $608 (+24.6%)

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

Rock County

Population

1,4141,335

Median household income

$56,250$57,500

Median home value

$96,200$124,400

Median gross rent

$488$608

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden County	Rock County
Under 5	3.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.9%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	8.6%	9.7%
35 to 44	11.7%	10.4%
45 to 54	7.7%	9.5%
55 to 64	17.1%	15.1%
65 to 74	16.2%	14.0%
75 and over	15.6%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden County	Rock County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	98.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden County	Rock County
No high school diploma	4.8%	5.7%
High school graduate	32.2%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	42.3%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden County	Rock County
Drove alone	65.0%	78.4%
Carpooled	8.1%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	16.6%	10.5%
Other means	3.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden County	Rock County
1-unit, detached	89.5%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.7%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Garden County	Rock County
Poverty rate	14.1%	10.5%
Average household size	1.92	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	11	13
Median year structure built	1953	1967