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Ogallala, NE

4,800 Population
5 square miles 968.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.8 ±2.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Keith County: 49 ±1.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 37.1 ±0.2

Economics

$30,454 ±$1,809 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Keith County: $35,660 ±$2,348
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Nebraska: $40,637 ±$365
$55,481 ±$3,939 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Keith County: $58,132 ±$4,696
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Nebraska: $74,985 ±$575

13.6% ±3.7% (640  ±172) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Keith County: 10.7% † 871 (±2.2% / ±177)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Nebraska: 10.3% 197,300 (±0.3% / ±5,207)

15.1 minutes ±3.8 (30,705  ±8,374) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Keith County: 15.8 † 54,425 (±2.2 / ±8,575)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,371,744 (±0.1 / ±156,988)

Families

2,329 ±125 Number of households
  • Keith County: 3,946 ±169
  • Nebraska: 786,885 ±2,232
2 ±0.1 (4,732  ±51) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Keith County: 2.1 8,156 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,917,605

9.1% ±6.9% (74  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Keith County: 10.6% † 147 (±5.6% / ±78)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 25,969 (±0.2% / ±1,093)

Housing

2,539 ±125 Number of housing units
  • Keith County: 5,395 ±31
  • Nebraska: 855,631 ±245

$135,500 ±$10,484 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Keith County: $157,000 ±$13,945
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Nebraska: $223,800 ±$1,268

10.9% ±2.9% (516  ±138) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Keith County: 10.4% † 842 (±2.5% / ±200.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 13.6% 265,006 (±0.3% / ±5,825.9)

Social

88.5% ±8.4% (3,030  ±304.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Keith County: 90.8% 5,516 (±5.8% / ±364)
  • a little less than the rate in Nebraska: 92.1% 1,188,000 (±0.5% / ±6,935.6)
23.9% ±4.1% (820  ±141.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Keith County: 21.4% † 1,297 (±2.8% / ±171)
  • 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

4.1% ±1.2% (196  ±56) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Keith County: 2.5% 202
  • about half the rate in Nebraska: 7.7% 151,436

8.3% ±2.6% (306  ±95) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Keith County: 8.3% † 544 (±1.9% / ±125)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 7.2% 105,516 (±0.1% / ±1,797)
306 Total veterans ±95 273 Male ±87 33 Female ±29

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