Pawnee County vs Perkins County

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

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

Perkins County has the higher population (2,835 vs 2,539 in Pawnee County). Perkins County has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $54,926 in Pawnee County). Perkins County has the higher median home value ($149,200 vs $74,800 in Pawnee County).

Population, income & housing

	Pawnee County	Perkins County
Population	2,539	2,835
Median age	47.1 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,926	$67,500
Median home value	$74,800	$149,200
Median gross rent	$616	$783
Housing units	1,410	1,353
Homeownership rate	80.9%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pawnee County	Perkins County
Population	2,649 → 2,539 (-4.2%)	2,901 → 2,835 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$46,452 → $54,926 (+18.2%)	$65,543 → $67,500 (+3.0%)
Median home value	$71,100 → $74,800 (+5.2%)	$118,400 → $149,200 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$551 → $616 (+11.8%)	$680 → $783 (+15.1%)

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

Perkins County

Population

2,9012,835

Median household income

$65,543$67,500

Median home value

$118,400$149,200

Median gross rent

$680$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pawnee County	Perkins County
Under 5	6.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.2%	19.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	8.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.5%	14.6%
45 to 54	8.5%	8.5%
55 to 64	13.8%	12.8%
65 to 74	14.3%	13.2%
75 and over	14.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pawnee County	Perkins County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pawnee County	Perkins County
No high school diploma	12.1%	7.3%
High school graduate	39.6%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pawnee County	Perkins County
Drove alone	69.2%	78.8%
Carpooled	9.7%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.8%
Worked from home	12.7%	4.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pawnee County	Perkins County
1-unit, detached	92.7%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.4%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Pawnee County	Perkins County
Poverty rate	14.1%	7.7%
Average household size	2.33	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1945	1951