Hall County vs Platte County

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

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

Hall County has the higher population (62,431 vs 34,358 in Platte County). Platte County has the higher median household income ($72,335 vs $67,549 in Hall County). Hall County has the higher median home value ($207,900 vs $207,800 in Platte County).

Population, income & housing

	Hall County	Platte County
Population	62,431	34,358
Median age	36.0 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,549	$72,335
Median home value	$207,900	$207,800
Median gross rent	$911	$867
Housing units	25,377	14,210
Homeownership rate	63.2%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hall County	Platte County
Population	61,265 → 62,431 (+1.9%)	33,174 → 34,358 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$57,104 → $67,549 (+18.3%)	$62,305 → $72,335 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$146,000 → $207,900 (+42.4%)	$149,700 → $207,800 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $911 (+18.6%)	$769 → $867 (+12.7%)

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

Platte County

Population

33,17434,358

Median household income

$62,305$72,335

Median home value

$149,700$207,800

Median gross rent

$769$867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hall County	Platte County
Under 5	7.5%	6.8%
5 to 17	20.0%	19.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.2%
25 to 34	12.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.4%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.1%
75 and over	6.4%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hall County	Platte County
White (non-Hispanic)	62.1%	74.3%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	31.3%	22.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hall County	Platte County
No high school diploma	15.3%	10.2%
High school graduate	32.2%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hall County	Platte County
Drove alone	81.8%	81.7%
Carpooled	11.6%	8.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.7%	4.9%
Other means	1.5%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hall County	Platte County
1-unit, detached	66.8%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	5.5%
20 or more units	6.9%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Hall County	Platte County
Poverty rate	11.8%	8.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	18	15
Median year structure built	1975	1973