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Wayne, NE

6,055 Population
2.9 square miles 2,083.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

23.1 ±0.7 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wayne County: 31.6 ±1
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Nebraska: 37.1 ±0.2

Economics

$24,294 ±$1,997 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wayne County: $31,864 ±$2,095
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Nebraska: $40,637 ±$365
$52,804 ±$6,381 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wayne County: $67,687 ±$2,462
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nebraska: $74,985 ±$575

19.9% ±4.9% (910  ±227) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 13.2% † 1,091 (±3% / ±251)
  • nearly double the rate in Nebraska: 10.3% 197,300 (±0.3% / ±5,207)

11.7 minutes ±1.6 (31,850  ±5,381) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 14.1 62,320 (±1.1 / ±6,306)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,371,744 (±0.1 / ±156,988)

Families

2,167 ±128 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 3,762 ±119
  • Nebraska: 786,885 ±2,232
2.2 ±0.1 (4,698  ±24) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Wayne County: 2.2 8,427 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,917,605

4.7% ±4.1% (85  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 5.6% † 139 (±3.3% / ±82)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 25,969 (±0.2% / ±1,093)

Housing

2,237 ±105 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 3,973 ±25
  • Nebraska: 855,631 ±245

$198,600 ±$31,689 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Wayne County: $203,700 ±$19,917
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $223,800 ±$1,268

30.9% ±6.1% (1,843  ±362.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wayne County: 21.8% † 2,104 (±3.9% / ±378)
  • more than double the rate in Nebraska: 13.6% 265,006 (±0.3% / ±5,825.9)

Social

94% ±11.2% (2,606  ±341.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wayne County: 95.1% 5,192 (±7.2% / ±401.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 92.1% 1,188,000 (±0.5% / ±6,935.6)
34% ±7.2% (942  ±206.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 29.4% † 1,603 (±4.2% / ±231.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 34.1% 440,234 (±0.3% / ±4,128.7)

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

7.2% ±2.7% (435  ±164) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wayne County: 5.5% 540
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 7.7% 151,436

2.2% ±0.9% (107  ±46) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Wayne County: 4.1% † 318 (±0.9% / ±71)
  • about one-third of the rate in Nebraska: 7.2% 105,516 (±0.1% / ±1,797)
107 Total veterans ±46 107 Male ±46 N/A Female ±15

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