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Gothenburg, NE

3,452 Population
3.6 square miles 950.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 36.4 ±1.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 37.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$47,804 ±$8,085 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: $39,674 † ±$6,607
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Nebraska: $41,751 ±$384
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$79,219 ±$15,560 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: $70,652 ±$4,333
  • a little higher than the amount in Nebraska: $76,475 ±$633
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.1% ±4.7% (345  ±160) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 10.8% † 2,803 (±2.1% / ±545)
  • a little less than the rate in Nebraska: 10.6% 204,630 (±0.3% / ±5,789)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.5 minutes ±5.6 (30,170  ±10,736) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 17.9 233,560 (±1.6 / ±21,695)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 19.2 17,325,040 (±0.1 / ±147,565)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,461 ±115 Number of households
  • the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 9,981 ±208
  • Nebraska: 797,847 ±2,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (3,399  ±19) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 2.6 25,957 (±0.1 / ±156)
  • a little less than the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,931,011
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.6% ±5.8% (40  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 6.5% † 348 (±2.4% / ±127)
  • a little less than the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 26,331 (±0.3% / ±1,201)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,652 ±157 Number of housing units
  • the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 11,170 ±83
  • Nebraska: 863,444 ±628
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$191,000 ±$29,747 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: $169,200 ±$6,640
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $238,600 ±$1,365
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.9% ±6.2% (474  ±211.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 6.4% † 1,654 (±1.3% / ±325.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 13.2% 257,994 (±0.3% / ±5,628.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.1% ±10.1% (2,185  ±277.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 79.7% 13,514 (±3.7% / ±641.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 92.2% 1,198,824 (±0.6% / ±7,286.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.6% ±5.9% (583  ±145) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 18.5% 3,132 (±1.8% / ±302.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nebraska: 34.6% 449,651 (±0.3% / ±4,426.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3% ±2.3% (102  ±79) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 20.9% 5,491 (±1.9% / ±496)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 8% 159,084
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.7% ±3% (204  ±81) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 5% † 954 (±0.8% / ±149)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 6.9% 102,710 (±0.1% / ±1,710)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
204 Total veterans ±81 204 Male ±81 N/A Female ±10

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