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Gering, NE

8,567 Population
5.6 square miles 1,543.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 40.1 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 37.1 ±0.2

Economics

$34,688 ±$2,939 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: $34,253 ±$1,682
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $40,637 ±$365
$70,244 ±$11,428 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: $61,156 ±$5,076
  • a little less than the amount in Nebraska: $74,985 ±$575

12.8% ±4.3% (1,049  ±356) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 13.8% † 4,943 (±1.7% / ±616)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 10.3% 197,300 (±0.3% / ±5,207)

12.8 minutes ±1.3 (50,020  ±6,328) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 13.9 222,390 (±1 / ±17,438)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,371,744 (±0.1 / ±156,988)

Families

3,405 ±227 Number of households
  • the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 15,351 ±246
  • Nebraska: 786,885 ±2,232
2.4 ±0.2 (8,214  ±27) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 2.3 35,783 (±0 / ±109)
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,917,605

9.1% ±4.8% (167  ±89) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 6.6% † 509 (±1.5% / ±119)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 25,969 (±0.2% / ±1,093)

Housing

3,586 ±251 Number of housing units
  • the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 16,825 ±71
  • Nebraska: 855,631 ±245

$170,700 ±$15,976 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: $161,400 ±$10,597
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Nebraska: $223,800 ±$1,268

16.8% ±3.9% (1,415  ±331) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 13.3% † 4,807 (±1.9% / ±672.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 13.6% 265,006 (±0.3% / ±5,825.9)

Social

90.9% ±8.2% (5,261  ±536.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 89.5% 22,268 (±3.5% / ±879.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 92.1% 1,188,000 (±0.5% / ±6,935.6)
28.4% ±5.3% (1,644  ±316.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 26% 6,479 (±1.9% / ±478.7)
  • about 80 percent 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

3.8% ±2% (321  ±171) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 4.1% † 1,494 (±0.7% / ±243)
  • about half the rate in Nebraska: 7.7% 151,436

8.5% ±2.3% (536  ±150) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 7.2% † 1,990 (±0.9% / ±244)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 7.2% 105,516 (±0.1% / ±1,797)
536 Total veterans ±150 466 Male ±135 70 Female ±58

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