Holt County vs Wayne County

A side-by-side comparison of Holt County and Wayne County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Holt County has the higher population (10,093 vs 9,786 in Wayne County). Wayne County has the higher median household income ($67,687 vs $67,225 in Holt County). Wayne County has the higher median home value ($203,700 vs $152,000 in Holt County).

Population, income & housing

	Holt County	Wayne County
Population	10,093	9,786
Median age	41.8 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,225	$67,687
Median home value	$152,000	$203,700
Median gross rent	$724	$732
Housing units	4,905	3,973
Homeownership rate	72.8%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holt County	Wayne County
Population	10,177 → 10,093 (-0.8%)	9,332 → 9,786 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$60,387 → $67,225 (+11.3%)	$56,456 → $67,687 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$114,100 → $152,000 (+33.2%)	$137,200 → $203,700 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $724 (+12.8%)	$655 → $732 (+11.8%)

Holt County

Population

10,17710,093

Median household income

$60,387$67,225

Median home value

$114,100$152,000

Median gross rent

$642$724

Wayne County

Population

9,3329,786

Median household income

$56,456$67,687

Median home value

$137,200$203,700

Median gross rent

$655$732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holt County	Wayne County
Under 5	6.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	18.7%	15.3%
18 to 24	6.5%	24.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	9.4%
35 to 44	10.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	9.6%	8.4%
55 to 64	15.1%	11.0%
65 to 74	12.7%	8.8%
75 and over	9.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holt County	Wayne County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holt County	Wayne County
No high school diploma	7.0%	4.9%
High school graduate	33.7%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holt County	Wayne County
Drove alone	79.7%	72.6%
Carpooled	4.7%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.0%	9.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	12.6%
Other means	1.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holt County	Wayne County
1-unit, detached	85.1%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	9.7%
20 or more units	1.2%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Holt County	Wayne County
Poverty rate	10.8%	13.2%
Average household size	2.45	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	16	14
Median year structure built	1966	1967