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Scottsbluff, NE

14,376 Population
6.6 square miles 2,167.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 40.5 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Nebraska: 37.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,223 ±$4,132 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: $36,747 ±$2,319
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $41,751 ±$384
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,359 ±$7,224 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: $63,838 ±$4,158
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Nebraska: $76,475 ±$633
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.5% ±3.4% (2,161  ±476) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 12.8% † 4,561 (±1.9% / ±687)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Nebraska: 10.6% 204,630 (±0.3% / ±5,789)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

12.5 minutes ±1.6 (82,045  ±11,758) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 15.8 262,315 (±1.1 / ±20,542)
  • 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

6,223 ±243 Number of households
  • the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 15,383 ±286
  • Nebraska: 797,847 ±2,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (14,008  ±32) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 2.3 35,798 (±0 / ±131)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,931,011
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.6% ±3% (149  ±98) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 6.6% † 510 (±2.1% / ±165)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 26,331 (±0.3% / ±1,201)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,694 ±247 Number of housing units
  • the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 16,863 ±61
  • Nebraska: 863,444 ±628
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$137,700 ±$17,832 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: $168,800 ±$9,185
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Nebraska: $238,600 ±$1,365
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.3% ±3.5% (2,175  ±503.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 12.3% † 4,436 (±1.9% / ±672.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 13.2% 257,994 (±0.3% / ±5,628.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.4% ±5.7% (8,686  ±607.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 90.8% 22,616 (±3.7% / ±919.6)
  • about the same as 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)
26.3% ±3% (2,503  ±298.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 27.2% 6,763 (±2% / ±506.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Nebraska: 34.6% 449,651 (±0.3% / ±4,426.3)
  • about three-quarters 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

4.1% ±1.5% (594  ±214) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 4.6% † 1,670 (±0.7% / ±268)
  • about half the rate in Nebraska: 8% 159,084
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.1% ±1.5% (669  ±169) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area: 6.7% † 1,869 (±0.9% / ±245)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 6.9% 102,710 (±0.1% / ±1,710)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
669 Total veterans ±169 561 Male ±125 108 Female ±81

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