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Kearney, NE

34,246 Population
15 square miles 2,277.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.8 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kearney, NE Micro Area: 35.9 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 37.2 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,716 ±$1,978 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Kearney, NE Micro Area: $39,133 ±$1,425
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $41,751 ±$384
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$69,724 ±$4,868 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kearney, NE Micro Area: $76,109 ±$3,400
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $76,475 ±$633
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.4% ±1.8% (4,019  ±585) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Kearney, NE Micro Area: 9.6% † 5,245 (±1.1% / ±622)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 10.6% 204,630 (±0.3% / ±5,789)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

13.9 minutes ±0.7 (251,675  ±15,972) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kearney, NE Micro Area: 16.6 486,725 (±0.5 / ±19,278)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Nebraska: 19.2 17,325,040 (±0.1 / ±147,565)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

14,028 ±265 Number of households
  • the Kearney, NE Micro Area: 22,798 ±283
  • Nebraska: 797,847 ±2,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0 (32,287  ±43) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Kearney, NE Micro Area: 2.4 54,941 (±0 / ±39)
  • 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

5.3% ±2.2% (472  ±199) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Kearney, NE Micro Area: 5.5% † 755 (±1.5% / ±210)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 26,331 (±0.3% / ±1,201)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

14,750 ±248 Number of housing units
  • the Kearney, NE Micro Area: 24,274 ±82
  • Nebraska: 863,444 ±628
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$244,600 ±$8,217 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Kearney, NE Micro Area: $242,600 ±$6,061
  • a little higher than the amount in Nebraska: $238,600 ±$1,365
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.5% ±2.1% (6,589  ±721.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Kearney, NE Micro Area: 15.4% 8,696 (±1.4% / ±770.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Nebraska: 13.2% 257,994 (±0.3% / ±5,628.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94% ±4.5% (19,627  ±975.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kearney, NE Micro Area: 93.8% 34,125 (±3.1% / ±1,118.7)
  • 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)
36.5% ±2.9% (7,620  ±623.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kearney, NE Micro Area: 34.4% 12,506 (±1.9% / ±707.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 34.6% 449,651 (±0.3% / ±4,426.3)
  • about the same as 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

5.6% ±0.8% (1,918  ±280) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Kearney, NE Micro Area: 4.5% 2,551
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nebraska: 8% 159,084
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.4% ±1% (1,469  ±271) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kearney, NE Micro Area: 6.1% † 2,687 (±0.7% / ±316)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 6.9% 102,710 (±0.1% / ±1,710)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,469 Total veterans ±271 1,224 Male ±242 245 Female ±166

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