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Ogallala, NE

4,777 Population
5 square miles 963.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.1 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Keith County: 48.4 ±1.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 37.2 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,519 ±$2,718 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Keith County: $36,684 ±$2,930
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $41,751 ±$384
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,556 ±$6,363 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Keith County: $60,645 ±$5,115
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Nebraska: $76,475 ±$633
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.4% ±4.8% (582  ±224) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Keith County: 10.4% † 842 (±3.2% / ±262)
  • 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)

13.1 minutes ±2.8 (27,195  ±6,372) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Keith County: 14.9 † 53,120 (±2 / ±7,991)
  • about two-thirds 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

2,406 ±116 Number of households
  • Keith County: 4,051 ±149
  • Nebraska: 797,847 ±2,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (4,709  ±33) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Keith County: 2 8,140 (±0.1 / ±34)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,931,011
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.7% ±8.2% (81  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Keith County: 12.4% † 168 (±5.9% / ±80)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 26,331 (±0.3% / ±1,201)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,574 ±115 Number of housing units
  • Keith County: 5,435 ±36
  • Nebraska: 863,444 ±628
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$155,800 ±$10,864 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Keith County: $168,000 ±$9,882
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nebraska: $238,600 ±$1,365
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.5% ±3.8% (494  ±178) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Keith County: 11.4% † 923 (±3.2% / ±257.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 13.2% 257,994 (±0.3% / ±5,628.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.3% ±8.5% (3,041  ±310.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Keith County: 90.1% 5,488 (±6.3% / ±392.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Nebraska: 92.2% 1,198,824 (±0.6% / ±7,286.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.3% ±4.6% (871  ±162.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Keith County: 22.7% † 1,384 (±3.1% / ±189.5)
  • about three-quarters 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

5.2% ±2.1% (247  ±98) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Keith County: 3.1% 257
  • 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

7.2% ±2.2% (267  ±82) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Keith County: 8.2% † 535 (±1.7% / ±111)
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 6.9% 102,710 (±0.1% / ±1,710)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
267 Total veterans ±82 234 Male ±72 33 Female ±25

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