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Fairbury, NE

3,905 Population
2.5 square miles 1,539.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±5.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Jefferson County: 44.7 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 37.1 ±0.2

Economics

$27,702 ±$2,650 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $31,576 ±$1,842
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nebraska: $40,637 ±$365
$51,782 ±$4,460 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $60,568 ±$5,179
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nebraska: $74,985 ±$575

15.1% ±5.3% (571  ±201) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jefferson County: 9.9% † 690 (±2.9% / ±203)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Nebraska: 10.3% 197,300 (±0.3% / ±5,207)

16 minutes ±4 (24,990  ±6,930) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jefferson County: 18.8 † 57,215 (±2.6 / ±9,019)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,371,744 (±0.1 / ±156,988)

Families

1,704 ±105 Number of households
  • Jefferson County: 3,114 ±119
  • Nebraska: 786,885 ±2,232
2.2 ±0.1 (3,792  ±27) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson County: 2.3 7,042 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,917,605

8.7% ±5.9% (68  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Jefferson County: 9% † 121 (±3.5% / ±48)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 25,969 (±0.2% / ±1,093)

Housing

2,050 ±83 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson County: 3,664 ±43
  • Nebraska: 855,631 ±245

$90,800 ±$14,325 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Jefferson County: $117,600 † ±$16,449
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Nebraska: $223,800 ±$1,268

7% ±2.5% (270  ±96.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 5.6% † 398 (±1.6% / ±109.6)
  • about half the rate in Nebraska: 13.6% 265,006 (±0.3% / ±5,825.9)

Social

90.4% ±8.2% (2,441  ±245.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Jefferson County: 93.1% 4,689 (±5.5% / ±286.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 92.1% 1,188,000 (±0.5% / ±6,935.6)
17.1% ±4% (462  ±110.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 19.7% † 992 (±2.6% / ±131.7)
  • about half the rate in Nebraska: 34.1% 440,234 (±0.3% / ±4,128.7)

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

3% ±1.5% (118  ±58) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 2.7% 191
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 7.7% 151,436

6% ±2.2% (184  ±68) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 7.1% † 391 (±1.4% / ±78)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 7.2% 105,516 (±0.1% / ±1,797)
184 Total veterans ±68 175 Male ±67 9 Female ±14

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