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Wausa, NE

698 Population
0.5 square miles 1,331 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.5 ±8.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Knox County: 44.3 ±0.5
  • 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

$35,717 ±$5,437 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Knox County: $33,627 ±$1,723
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $41,751 ±$384
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,375 ±$28,701 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Knox County: $64,636 ±$3,786
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $76,475 ±$633
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4% ±2.5% (26  ±17) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Knox County: 13.7% † 1,121 (±2.1% / ±172)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 10.6% 204,630 (±0.3% / ±5,789)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.4 minutes ±3.2 (8,280  ±2,048) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Knox County: 19.5 68,030 (±1.5 / ±6,012)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 19.2 17,325,040 (±0.1 / ±147,565)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

307 ±53 Number of households
  • Knox County: 3,422 ±118
  • Nebraska: 797,847 ±2,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.5 (655  ±93) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Knox County: 2.4 8,219 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,931,011
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

375 ±62 Number of housing units
  • Knox County: 4,521 ±51
  • Nebraska: 863,444 ±628
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$85,900 ±$18,565 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Knox County: $127,700 † ±$13,474
  • about one-third of the amount in Nebraska: $238,600 ±$1,365
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.6% ±6.5% (88  ±46.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Knox County: 8.6% † 707 (±1.5% / ±119.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Nebraska: 13.2% 257,994 (±0.3% / ±5,628.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.1% ±9.9% (462  ±83.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Knox County: 92.6% 5,308 (±4% / ±229.2)
  • 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% ±6.6% (132  ±38.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Knox County: 19% 1,090 (±1.8% / ±103.2)
  • 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

0.3% ±0.4% (2  ±3) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Knox County: 0.8% 66
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 8% 159,084
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.9% ±2.9% (39  ±17) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Knox County: 7.8% † 494 (±1.2% / ±75)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 6.9% 102,710 (±0.1% / ±1,710)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
39 Total veterans ±17 39 Male ±17 N/A Female ±10

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