Hall County vs Lancaster County

A side-by-side comparison of Hall County and Lancaster County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lancaster County has the higher population (323,673 vs 62,431 in Hall County). Lancaster County has the higher median household income ($72,625 vs $67,549 in Hall County). Lancaster County has the higher median home value ($258,900 vs $207,900 in Hall County).

Population, income & housing

	Hall County	Lancaster County
Population	62,431	323,673
Median age	36.0 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,549	$72,625
Median home value	$207,900	$258,900
Median gross rent	$911	$1,045
Housing units	25,377	138,232
Homeownership rate	63.2%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	41.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hall County	Lancaster County
Population	61,265 → 62,431 (+1.9%)	313,158 → 323,673 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$57,104 → $67,549 (+18.3%)	$60,527 → $72,625 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$146,000 → $207,900 (+42.4%)	$177,400 → $258,900 (+45.9%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $911 (+18.6%)	$852 → $1,045 (+22.7%)

Hall County

Population

61,26562,431

Median household income

$57,104$67,549

Median home value

$146,000$207,900

Median gross rent

$768$911

Lancaster County

Population

313,158323,673

Median household income

$60,527$72,625

Median home value

$177,400$258,900

Median gross rent

$852$1,045

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hall County	Lancaster County
Under 5	7.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	20.0%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	14.6%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.6%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.6%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.8%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.3%
75 and over	6.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hall County	Lancaster County
White (non-Hispanic)	62.1%	78.7%
Black or African American	3.2%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	1.0%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.8%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	31.3%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hall County	Lancaster County
No high school diploma	15.3%	6.5%
High school graduate	32.2%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hall County	Lancaster County
Drove alone	81.8%	76.1%
Carpooled	11.6%	8.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.8%
Walked	0.9%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.8%
Worked from home	3.7%	10.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hall County	Lancaster County
1-unit, detached	66.8%	58.9%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	13.5%
20 or more units	6.9%	12.7%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Hall County	Lancaster County
Poverty rate	11.8%	11.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1975	1981