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Gothenburg, NE

3,436 Population
3.6 square miles 946.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±4.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 36.8 ±0.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 37.1 ±0.2

Economics

$42,337 ±$6,074 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: $37,687 † ±$6,149
  • a little higher than the amount in Nebraska: $40,637 ±$365
$79,519 ±$20,636 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: $66,023 ±$3,066
  • a little higher than the amount in Nebraska: $74,985 ±$575

7% ±3.3% (236  ±113) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 12% † 3,068 (±2.4% / ±618)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nebraska: 10.3% 197,300 (±0.3% / ±5,207)

17.6 minutes ±5.9 (31,660  ±11,076) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 18.3 233,255 (±1.7 / ±22,334)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,371,744 (±0.1 / ±156,988)

Families

1,410 ±112 Number of households
  • the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 9,759 ±201
  • Nebraska: 786,885 ±2,232
2.4 ±0.2 (3,374  ±37) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 2.6 25,636 (±0.1 / ±157)
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,917,605

2.8% ±4.3% (19  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 5.8% † 307 (±2.2% / ±119)
  • about half the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 25,969 (±0.2% / ±1,093)

Housing

1,597 ±135 Number of housing units
  • the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 11,114 ±81
  • Nebraska: 855,631 ±245

$173,200 ±$35,507 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: $161,100 ±$7,839
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Nebraska: $223,800 ±$1,268

13.1% ±6.3% (448  ±214.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 7.7% † 1,969 (±1.6% / ±415.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Nebraska: 13.6% 265,006 (±0.3% / ±5,825.9)

Social

90.9% ±10.1% (2,014  ±253.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 79.4% 13,375 (±3.7% / ±640.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 92.1% 1,188,000 (±0.5% / ±6,935.6)
23.8% ±5.2% (528  ±120) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 18.5% † 3,120 (±1.9% / ±313.9)
  • about two-thirds 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% ±2.8% (102  ±95) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 20.9% † 5,414 (±2.2% / ±581)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 7.7% 151,436

6.6% ±2.5% (171  ±65) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 5.3% † 1,002 (±0.7% / ±140)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 7.2% 105,516 (±0.1% / ±1,797)
171 Total veterans ±65 163 Male ±62 8 Female ±14

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