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Chadron, NE

5,207 Population
3.9 square miles 1,334.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.8 ±1.7 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Dawes County: 35.2 ±1.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Nebraska: 37.1 ±0.2

Economics

$26,442 ±$2,417 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dawes County: $29,623 ±$2,162
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nebraska: $40,637 ±$365
$54,026 ±$1,982 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Dawes County: $54,381 ±$2,321
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Nebraska: $74,985 ±$575

13.8% ±3.5% (620  ±159) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dawes County: 12.6% † 932 (±2.8% / ±206)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Nebraska: 10.3% 197,300 (±0.3% / ±5,207)

11.3 minutes ±2.4 (31,535  ±7,135) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Dawes County: 13.9 † 53,070 (±1.7 / ±7,570)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,371,744 (±0.1 / ±156,988)

Families

2,047 ±195 Number of households
  • Dawes County: 3,381 ±234
  • Nebraska: 786,885 ±2,232
2.2 ±0.2 (4,477  ±22) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Dawes County: 2.2 7,373 (±0.2 / ±15)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,917,605

2.1% ±2.8% (36  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dawes County: 1.8% † 40 (±2.2% / ±51)
  • about one-third of the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 25,969 (±0.2% / ±1,093)

Housing

2,437 ±122 Number of housing units
  • Dawes County: 4,013 ±20
  • Nebraska: 855,631 ±245

$153,300 ±$36,563 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Dawes County: $146,500 † ±$44,435
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nebraska: $223,800 ±$1,268

26.3% ±7.8% (1,361  ±401.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Dawes County: 19.6% † 1,601 (±5.2% / ±427.3)
  • nearly double the rate in Nebraska: 13.6% 265,006 (±0.3% / ±5,825.9)

Social

93.6% ±11.8% (2,625  ±383.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dawes County: 95.7% 4,874 (±8.3% / ±448.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 92.1% 1,188,000 (±0.5% / ±6,935.6)
41.4% ±8.3% (1,162  ±247.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dawes County: 35.2% † 1,791 (±5.3% / ±275.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 34.1% 440,234 (±0.3% / ±4,128.7)

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

1.3% ±1.2% (66  ±62) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Dawes County: 0.8% 68
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Nebraska: 7.7% 151,436

2.9% ±1.5% (122  ±64) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Dawes County: 4.8% † 320 (±1.4% / ±92)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 7.2% 105,516 (±0.1% / ±1,797)
122 Total veterans ±64 110 Male ±66 12 Female ±24

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