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Norfolk, NE

25,962 Population
18.1 square miles 1,431 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Norfolk, NE Micro Area: 38.2 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 37.1 ±0.2

Economics

$36,287 ±$2,427 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Norfolk, NE Micro Area: $36,083 ±$1,457
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $40,637 ±$365
$62,175 ±$4,433 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Norfolk, NE Micro Area: $66,629 ±$2,177
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $74,985 ±$575

12.7% ±2.3% (3,205  ±592) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Norfolk, NE Micro Area: 10.6% † 5,059 (±1.5% / ±717)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 10.3% 197,300 (±0.3% / ±5,207)

12.8 minutes ±0.8 (164,080  ±12,090) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Norfolk, NE Micro Area: 16.1 370,995 (±0.6 / ±17,244)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,371,744 (±0.1 / ±156,988)

Families

10,701 ±301 Number of households
  • the Norfolk, NE Micro Area: 19,300 ±278
  • Nebraska: 786,885 ±2,232
2.4 ±0.1 (25,167  ±42) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Norfolk, NE Micro Area: 2.5 47,498 (±0 / ±26)
  • a little less than the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,917,605

5.6% ±2.1% (323  ±123) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Norfolk, NE Micro Area: 6.3% † 640 (±1.4% / ±143)
  • a little less than the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 25,969 (±0.2% / ±1,093)

Housing

11,646 ±171 Number of housing units
  • the Norfolk, NE Micro Area: 20,983 ±46
  • Nebraska: 855,631 ±245

$199,100 ±$7,722 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Norfolk, NE Micro Area: $193,000 ±$4,778
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $223,800 ±$1,268

14.2% ±2.1% (3,645  ±537.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Norfolk, NE Micro Area: 11% † 5,277 (±1.2% / ±591.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 13.6% 265,006 (±0.3% / ±5,825.9)

Social

92.8% ±4.6% (15,771  ±804.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Norfolk, NE Micro Area: 92.9% 29,904 (±2.9% / ±949)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 92.1% 1,188,000 (±0.5% / ±6,935.6)
24% ±2.3% (4,073  ±387.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Norfolk, NE Micro Area: 23.3% 7,488 (±1.4% / ±461.5)
  • 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

6.3% ±1.1% (1,622  ±279) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Norfolk, NE Micro Area: 5.7% 2,759
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 7.7% 151,436

6% ±1.1% (1,183  ±222) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Norfolk, NE Micro Area: 6.2% † 2,259 (±0.7% / ±254)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 7.2% 105,516 (±0.1% / ±1,797)
1,183 Total veterans ±222 1,100 Male ±210 83 Female ±58

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