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Scottsbluff, NE

14,406 Population
6.6 square miles 2,172.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 40.1 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 37.1 ±0.2

Economics

$33,716 ±$3,181 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: $34,253 ±$1,682
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $40,637 ±$365
$53,448 ±$7,732 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: $61,156 ±$5,076
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nebraska: $74,985 ±$575

17.2% ±3.1% (2,403  ±435) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 13.8% † 4,943 (±1.7% / ±616)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Nebraska: 10.3% 197,300 (±0.3% / ±5,207)

10.3 minutes ±1.3 (65,835  ±9,068) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 13.9 222,390 (±1 / ±17,438)
  • about half the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,371,744 (±0.1 / ±156,988)

Families

6,179 ±219 Number of households
  • the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 15,351 ±246
  • Nebraska: 786,885 ±2,232
2.3 ±0.1 (14,034  ±36) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 2.3 35,783 (±0 / ±109)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,917,605

4.6% ±2.3% (145  ±73) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 6.6% † 509 (±1.5% / ±119)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 25,969 (±0.2% / ±1,093)

Housing

6,658 ±234 Number of housing units
  • the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 16,825 ±71
  • Nebraska: 855,631 ±245

$141,300 ±$15,600 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: $161,400 ±$10,597
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Nebraska: $223,800 ±$1,268

15.1% ±3.6% (2,163  ±520.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 13.3% † 4,807 (±1.9% / ±672.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 13.6% 265,006 (±0.3% / ±5,825.9)

Social

89% ±5.6% (8,447  ±593.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 89.5% 22,268 (±3.5% / ±879.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Nebraska: 92.1% 1,188,000 (±0.5% / ±6,935.6)
27.2% ±3.2% (2,584  ±309.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 26% 6,479 (±1.9% / ±478.7)
  • about 80 percent 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

4.3% ±1.5% (617  ±215) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 4.1% † 1,494 (±0.7% / ±243)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 7.7% 151,436

6.9% ±1.5% (754  ±169) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 7.2% † 1,990 (±0.9% / ±244)
  • a little less than the rate in Nebraska: 7.2% 105,516 (±0.1% / ±1,797)
754 Total veterans ±169 656 Male ±142 98 Female ±61

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