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Silver Creek township, Merrick County, NE

568 Population
42.9 square miles 13.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45 ±3.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Merrick County: 42.8 ±0.6
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 37.1 ±0.2

Economics

$35,027 ±$5,461 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Merrick County: $34,539 ±$3,253
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $40,637 ±$365
$49,981 ±$10,635 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Merrick County: $62,849 ±$5,004
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nebraska: $74,985 ±$575

12% ±7% (68  ±42) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Merrick County: 8.7% † 661 (±2.3% / ±172)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 10.3% 197,300 (±0.3% / ±5,207)

20.5 minutes ±3.8 (7,080  ±2,212) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Merrick County: 20.6 77,025 (±1.9 / ±8,407)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,371,744 (±0.1 / ±156,988)

Families

287 ±59 Number of households
  • Merrick County: 3,210 ±103
  • Nebraska: 786,885 ±2,232
2 ±0.1 (568  ±119) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Merrick County: 2.4 7,557 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,917,605

2.8% ±4.5% (3  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Merrick County: 4.1% † 63 (±2.1% / ±32)
  • about half the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 25,969 (±0.2% / ±1,093)

Housing

335 ±63 Number of housing units
  • Merrick County: 3,584 ±22
  • Nebraska: 855,631 ±245

$125,500 ±$58,369 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Merrick County: $168,000 ±$9,144
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Nebraska: $223,800 ±$1,268

3.4% ±3.8% (19  ±22) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Merrick County: 10.8% † 824 (±2.9% / ±224.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Nebraska: 13.6% 265,006 (±0.3% / ±5,825.9)

Social

95.3% ±30.3% (443  ±99.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Merrick County: 92.4% 4,999 (±5.6% / ±307.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 92.1% 1,188,000 (±0.5% / ±6,935.6)
8.4% ±5.3% (39  ±26) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Merrick County: 17.6% † 950 (±2.4% / ±131.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Nebraska: 34.1% 440,234 (±0.3% / ±4,128.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.8% ±3.7% (16  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Merrick County: 2.3% 178
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 7.7% 151,436

7.9% ±3.8% (38  ±20) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Merrick County: 7.9% † 471 (±1.7% / ±98)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 7.2% 105,516 (±0.1% / ±1,797)
38 Total veterans ±20 34 Male ±20 4 Female ±4

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