Garfield County vs Gosper County

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

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

Gosper County has the higher population (1,929 vs 1,797 in Garfield County). Gosper County has the higher median household income ($79,145 vs $68,611 in Garfield County). Gosper County has the higher median home value ($202,700 vs $144,900 in Garfield County).

Population, income & housing

	Garfield County	Gosper County
Population	1,797	1,929
Median age	45.0 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$68,611	$79,145
Median home value	$144,900	$202,700
Median gross rent	$519	$797
Housing units	977	1,209
Homeownership rate	74.4%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.7%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garfield County	Gosper County
Population	2,001 → 1,797 (-10.2%)	2,013 → 1,929 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$53,000 → $68,611 (+29.5%)	$64,053 → $79,145 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$105,100 → $144,900 (+37.9%)	$127,000 → $202,700 (+59.6%)
Median gross rent	$443 → $519 (+17.2%)	$639 → $797 (+24.7%)

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

Gosper County

Population

2,0131,929

Median household income

$64,053$79,145

Median home value

$127,000$202,700

Median gross rent

$639$797

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garfield County	Gosper County
Under 5	4.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.1%
45 to 54	9.6%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	16.7%
65 to 74	12.9%	16.4%
75 and over	14.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garfield County	Gosper County
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garfield County	Gosper County
No high school diploma	4.6%	4.5%
High school graduate	26.8%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garfield County	Gosper County
Drove alone	72.9%	69.9%
Carpooled	9.7%	17.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	12.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	3.7%
Other means	0.8%	5.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garfield County	Gosper County
1-unit, detached	82.7%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	1.4%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Garfield County	Gosper County
Poverty rate	11.7%	7.0%
Average household size	2.31	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	13	23
Median year structure built	1973	1973