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Wakefield, NE

1,305 Population
1.1 square miles 1,228.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±8.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dixon County: 43.3 ±0.7
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 37.2 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,947 ±$2,071 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Dixon County: $40,876 † ±$5,273
  • about half the amount in Nebraska: $41,751 ±$384
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,964 ±$18,426 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Dixon County: $72,454 ±$5,969
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Nebraska: $76,475 ±$633
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.5% ±4.3% (95  ±55) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Dixon County: 7.3% † 398 (±1.8% / ±100)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nebraska: 10.6% 204,630 (±0.3% / ±5,789)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.8 minutes ±4 (10,135  ±2,696) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Dixon County: 24.1 59,645 (±1.7 / ±5,129)
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 19.2 17,325,040 (±0.1 / ±147,565)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

425 ±69 Number of households
  • Dixon County: 2,188 ±88
  • Nebraska: 797,847 ±2,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.6 (1,280  ±144) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Dixon County: 2.5 5,471 (±0.1 / ±15)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,931,011
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

437 ±71 Number of housing units
  • Dixon County: 2,515 ±30
  • Nebraska: 863,444 ±628
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$116,500 ±$12,912 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Dixon County: $155,900 ±$14,222
  • about half the amount in Nebraska: $238,600 ±$1,365
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

24.6% ±9.5% (318  ±127.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Dixon County: 9.9% † 540 (±2.6% / ±142.7)
  • nearly double the rate in Nebraska: 13.2% 257,994 (±0.3% / ±5,628.5)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

64% ±6.3% (486  ±77.6) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Dixon County: 85.9% 3,184 (±5.2% / ±195.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nebraska: 92.2% 1,198,824 (±0.6% / ±7,286.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.7% ±4.6% (127  ±38.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Dixon County: 23.4% † 868 (±2.9% / ±108.6)
  • about half the rate in Nebraska: 34.6% 449,651 (±0.3% / ±4,426.3)
  • about half 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

27.4% ±4.9% (358  ±75) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Dixon County: 7.4% 411
  • more than double the rate in Nebraska: 8% 159,084
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.1% ±2.5% (42  ±21) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Dixon County: 8.2% † 339 (±1.5% / ±63)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Nebraska: 6.9% 102,710 (±0.1% / ±1,710)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
42 Total veterans ±21 28 Male ±14 14 Female ±16

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