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Waverly, NE

4,363 Population
2.5 square miles 1,775.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±4.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 34.4 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 37.1 ±0.2

Economics

$39,533 ±$3,802 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: $40,527 ±$838
  • a little less than the amount in Nebraska: $40,637 ±$365
$110,000 ±$24,197 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: $73,095 ±$1,633
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Nebraska: $74,985 ±$575

0.6% ±0.6% (26  ±27) Persons below poverty line
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 11.4% 37,396 (±0.6% / ±1,896)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 10.3% 197,300 (±0.3% / ±5,207)

22.9 minutes ±3.2 (41,715  ±9,806) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 19 3,101,265 (±0.4 / ±68,609)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,371,744 (±0.1 / ±156,988)

Families

1,500 ±155 Number of households
  • the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 138,807 ±713
  • Nebraska: 786,885 ±2,232
2.9 ±0.3 (4,315  ±18) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 2.4 326,884 (±0 / ±208)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,917,605

5% ±4.8% (46  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 4.4% † 3,675 (±0.5% / ±434)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 25,969 (±0.2% / ±1,093)

Housing

1,556 ±180 Number of housing units
  • the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 145,370 ±135
  • Nebraska: 855,631 ±245

$290,000 ±$23,503 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: $257,500 ±$3,502
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Nebraska: $223,800 ±$1,268

11.3% ±5.3% (488  ±228.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 17.5% 59,310 (±0.9% / ±2,876.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 13.6% 265,006 (±0.3% / ±5,825.9)

Social

98.5% ±14.2% (2,687  ±459.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 93.6% 200,355 (±1.4% / ±3,052.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 92.1% 1,188,000 (±0.5% / ±6,935.6)
35.6% ±7.2% (971  ±215.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 40.6% 86,911 (±0.9% / ±1,899.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 34.1% 440,234 (±0.3% / ±4,128.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.3% ±0.4% (11  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 8.1% 27,627
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 7.7% 151,436

10.4% ±4.3% (295  ±124) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 5.9% 15,459 (±0.3% / ±773)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Nebraska: 7.2% 105,516 (±0.1% / ±1,797)
295 Total veterans ±124 246 Male ±89 49 Female ±82

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