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Wood River, NE

1,426 Population
1.1 square miles 1,261 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Grand Island, NE Metro Area: 37 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 37.1 ±0.2

Economics

$31,713 ±$4,375 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Grand Island, NE Metro Area: $34,661 ±$1,321
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $40,637 ±$365
$76,591 ±$7,623 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Grand Island, NE Metro Area: $67,397 ±$3,377
  • about the same as the amount in Nebraska: $74,985 ±$575

10.1% ±9.5% (141  ±133) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Grand Island, NE Metro Area: 10.9% † 8,222 (±1.3% / ±969)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 10.3% 197,300 (±0.3% / ±5,207)

25.6 minutes ±2.4 (17,405  ±3,322) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Grand Island, NE Metro Area: 18.8 679,490 (±0.8 / ±31,688)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,371,744 (±0.1 / ±156,988)

Families

490 ±78 Number of households
  • the Grand Island, NE Metro Area: 30,110 ±307
  • Nebraska: 786,885 ±2,232
2.8 ±0.6 (1,388  ±205) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Grand Island, NE Metro Area: 2.5 75,535 (±0 / ±25)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,917,605

9.5% ±6% (28  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Grand Island, NE Metro Area: 9.4% † 1,539 (±1.8% / ±293)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 25,969 (±0.2% / ±1,093)

Housing

522 ±89 Number of housing units
  • the Grand Island, NE Metro Area: 31,854 ±77
  • Nebraska: 855,631 ±245

$131,400 ±$25,806 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Grand Island, NE Metro Area: $201,600 ±$5,997
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Nebraska: $223,800 ±$1,268

5.7% ±2.9% (80  ±42.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Grand Island, NE Metro Area: 15.6% † 11,791 (±1.8% / ±1,385.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 13.6% 265,006 (±0.3% / ±5,825.9)

Social

87.8% ±2.5% (815  ±108.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Grand Island, NE Metro Area: 86.5% 43,114 (±2.7% / ±1,328.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Nebraska: 92.1% 1,188,000 (±0.5% / ±6,935.6)
19.4% ±4.6% (180  ±48.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Grand Island, NE Metro Area: 20.9% 10,417 (±1.3% / ±650.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 34.1% 440,234 (±0.3% / ±4,128.7)

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

6.7% ±2.9% (96  ±44) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Grand Island, NE Metro Area: 13.5% 10,320
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 7.7% 151,436

7.9% ±3.3% (79  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Grand Island, NE Metro Area: 6.1% 3,402 (±0.6% / ±310)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 7.2% 105,516 (±0.1% / ±1,797)
79 Total veterans ±35 79 Male ±35 N/A Female ±10

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