Greeley County vs Pawnee County

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

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

Pawnee County has the higher population (2,539 vs 2,211 in Greeley County). Greeley County has the higher median household income ($58,894 vs $54,926 in Pawnee County). Greeley County has the higher median home value ($87,800 vs $74,800 in Pawnee County).

Population, income & housing

	Greeley County	Pawnee County
Population	2,211	2,539
Median age	44.5 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,894	$54,926
Median home value	$87,800	$74,800
Median gross rent	$643	$616
Housing units	1,202	1,410
Homeownership rate	82.3%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greeley County	Pawnee County
Population	2,382 → 2,211 (-7.2%)	2,649 → 2,539 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$47,869 → $58,894 (+23.0%)	$46,452 → $54,926 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$72,700 → $87,800 (+20.8%)	$71,100 → $74,800 (+5.2%)
Median gross rent	$536 → $643 (+20.0%)	$551 → $616 (+11.8%)

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

Pawnee County

Population

2,6492,539

Median household income

$46,452$54,926

Median home value

$71,100$74,800

Median gross rent

$551$616

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greeley County	Pawnee County
Under 5	6.2%	6.9%
5 to 17	17.3%	17.2%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.6%	8.0%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.5%
45 to 54	9.2%	8.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	13.8%
65 to 74	13.4%	14.3%
75 and over	12.4%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greeley County	Pawnee County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greeley County	Pawnee County
No high school diploma	6.5%	12.1%
High school graduate	37.7%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greeley County	Pawnee County
Drove alone	76.2%	69.2%
Carpooled	7.3%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.3%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.2%	12.7%
Other means	1.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greeley County	Pawnee County
1-unit, detached	86.7%	92.7%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Greeley County	Pawnee County
Poverty rate	11.2%	14.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1947	1945