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Wayne, NE

6,121 Population
2.9 square miles 2,106 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

23.2 ±0.8 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wayne County: 30 ±1
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Nebraska: 37.2 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,437 ±$3,883 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wayne County: $32,387 ±$2,665
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Nebraska: $41,751 ±$384
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,702 ±$6,256 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wayne County: $66,215 ±$5,612
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nebraska: $76,475 ±$633
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.9% ±5.3% (935  ±248) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 13.2% † 1,105 (±3.1% / ±259)
  • nearly double the rate in Nebraska: 10.6% 204,630 (±0.3% / ±5,789)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

10.5 minutes ±1.7 (27,790  ±5,609) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 13.4 57,300 (±1.1 / ±6,126)
  • about half the figure in Nebraska: 19.2 17,325,040 (±0.1 / ±147,565)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,182 ±112 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 3,753 ±105
  • Nebraska: 797,847 ±2,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (4,756  ±19) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Wayne County: 2.3 8,476 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • 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

5.7% ±4.8% (102  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Wayne County: 5.6% † 141 (±3.4% / ±85)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 26,331 (±0.3% / ±1,201)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,291 ±96 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 3,991 ±38
  • Nebraska: 863,444 ±628
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$228,900 ±$33,912 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Wayne County: $221,600 ±$18,011
  • a little less than the amount in Nebraska: $238,600 ±$1,365
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

28.9% ±5.8% (1,740  ±347.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 19.1% † 1,856 (±3.6% / ±347.9)
  • more than double the rate in Nebraska: 13.2% 257,994 (±0.3% / ±5,628.5)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.8% ±11.6% (2,677  ±360.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wayne County: 95.4% 5,208 (±7.1% / ±405.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 92.2% 1,198,824 (±0.6% / ±7,286.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
35.6% ±7.5% (1,005  ±219.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 30.4% † 1,659 (±4.3% / ±237.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 34.6% 449,651 (±0.3% / ±4,426.3)
  • about the same as 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

8.2% ±3.5% (502  ±215) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wayne County: 6.1% 596
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 8% 159,084
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.2% ±1.5% (113  ±78) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wayne County: 3.7% † 289 (±1.1% / ±89)
  • about one-third of the rate in Nebraska: 6.9% 102,710 (±0.1% / ±1,710)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
113 Total veterans ±78 113 Male ±78 N/A Female ±15

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