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Lincoln, NE

300,626 Population
100 square miles 3,007.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.9 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 34.5 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 37.4 ±0.2

Economics

$38,653 ±$1,951 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: $39,655 ±$1,795
  • a little less than the amount in Nebraska: $41,026 ±$641
$72,008 ±$4,231 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: $74,935 ±$3,337
  • a little less than the amount in Nebraska: $76,376 ±$1,384

13.4% ±1.8% (38,414  ±5,027) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 12.4% † 41,509 (±1.5% / ±5,159)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 10.9% 212,793 (±0.6% / ±11,375)

19.2 minutes ±1 (2,811,755  ±160,686) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 20 3,385,360 (±0.9 / ±173,704)
  • a little less than the figure in Nebraska: 19.9 18,578,820 (±0.3 / ±366,712)

Families

127,640 ±1,736 Number of households
  • the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 146,302 ±1,841
  • Nebraska: 824,012 ±4,590
2.2 ±0 (286,197  ±503) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 2.3 335,959 (±0 / ±1,462)
  • a little less than the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,957,677

6% ±1.9% (4,654  ±1,438) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 6% † 5,342 (±1.7% / ±1,484)
  • a little less than the rate in Nebraska: 6.4% 29,564 (±0.6% / ±2,914)

Housing

133,537 ±1,025 Number of housing units
  • the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 152,657 ±576
  • Nebraska: 880,521 ±737

$278,200 ±$7,399 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: $287,200 ±$7,104
  • a little higher than the amount in Nebraska: $263,100 ±$3,117

17.5% ±1.9% (51,752  ±5,494.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 16.3% † 56,712 (±1.7% / ±5,802)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Nebraska: 13.1% 259,949 (±0.6% / ±12,627.5)

Social

93.6% ±3.3% (178,179  ±6,500.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 94% 208,972 (±3.1% / ±6,882.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 92.7% 1,229,269 (±1.2% / ±15,848.6)
44.6% ±2.2% (84,955  ±4,269.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 43.9% 97,640 (±2% / ±4,514.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 35.4% 469,144 (±0.7% / ±9,682.2)

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

10.2% ±1.4% (30,543  ±4,077) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 9.1% † 31,961 (±1.2% / ±4,120)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 9% 180,857

5.5% ±0.8% (13,024  ±1,765) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 5.6% † 15,304 (±0.7% / ±1,941)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 6.4% 97,319 (±0.3% / ±4,909)
13,024 Total veterans ±1,765 11,731 Male ±1,612 1,293 Female ±595

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