Knox County vs Phelps County

A side-by-side comparison of Knox County and Phelps County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Phelps County has the higher population (8,983 vs 8,362 in Knox County). Phelps County has the higher median household income ($65,988 vs $64,821 in Knox County). Phelps County has the higher median home value ($173,300 vs $116,900 in Knox County).

Population, income & housing

	Knox County	Phelps County
Population	8,362	8,983
Median age	44.5 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,821	$65,988
Median home value	$116,900	$173,300
Median gross rent	$692	$724
Housing units	4,527	4,154
Homeownership rate	78.6%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knox County	Phelps County
Population	8,426 → 8,362 (-0.8%)	9,100 → 8,983 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$52,332 → $64,821 (+23.9%)	$59,040 → $65,988 (+11.8%)
Median home value	$95,900 → $116,900 (+21.9%)	$134,000 → $173,300 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$517 → $692 (+33.8%)	$672 → $724 (+7.7%)

Knox County

Population

8,4268,362

Median household income

$52,332$64,821

Median home value

$95,900$116,900

Median gross rent

$517$692

Phelps County

Population

9,1008,983

Median household income

$59,040$65,988

Median home value

$134,000$173,300

Median gross rent

$672$724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Knox County	Phelps County
Under 5	5.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	18.0%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.8%
25 to 34	9.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	9.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	9.7%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.5%
65 to 74	13.9%	10.6%
75 and over	11.5%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knox County	Phelps County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	8.6%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knox County	Phelps County
No high school diploma	7.3%	7.9%
High school graduate	35.0%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knox County	Phelps County
Drove alone	77.6%	83.1%
Carpooled	7.5%	7.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	5.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knox County	Phelps County
1-unit, detached	86.3%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.4%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Knox County	Phelps County
Poverty rate	13.2%	13.6%
Average household size	2.54	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1966	1966