Greeley County vs Hitchcock County

A side-by-side comparison of Greeley County and Hitchcock County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hitchcock County has the higher population (2,601 vs 2,211 in Greeley County). Greeley County has the higher median household income ($58,894 vs $52,016 in Hitchcock County). Hitchcock County has the higher median home value ($88,800 vs $87,800 in Greeley County).

Population, income & housing

	Greeley County	Hitchcock County
Population	2,211	2,601
Median age	44.5 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,894	$52,016
Median home value	$87,800	$88,800
Median gross rent	$643	$715
Housing units	1,202	1,566
Homeownership rate	82.3%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greeley County	Hitchcock County
Population	2,382 → 2,211 (-7.2%)	2,815 → 2,601 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$47,869 → $58,894 (+23.0%)	$49,962 → $52,016 (+4.1%)
Median home value	$72,700 → $87,800 (+20.8%)	$66,700 → $88,800 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$536 → $643 (+20.0%)	$628 → $715 (+13.9%)

Greeley County

Population

2,3822,211

Median household income

$47,869$58,894

Median home value

$72,700$87,800

Median gross rent

$536$643

Hitchcock County

Population

2,8152,601

Median household income

$49,962$52,016

Median home value

$66,700$88,800

Median gross rent

$628$715

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greeley County	Hitchcock County
Under 5	6.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.3%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.2%
25 to 34	9.6%	9.9%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	9.2%	10.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	13.4%	15.1%
75 and over	12.4%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greeley County	Hitchcock County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greeley County	Hitchcock County
No high school diploma	6.5%	6.8%
High school graduate	37.7%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greeley County	Hitchcock County
Drove alone	76.2%	79.6%
Carpooled	7.3%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.3%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	8.1%
Other means	1.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greeley County	Hitchcock County
1-unit, detached	86.7%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Greeley County	Hitchcock County
Poverty rate	11.2%	11.6%
Average household size	2.32	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1947	1953