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Wood River, NE

1,494 Population
1.1 square miles 1,321.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±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: 37.2 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,668 ±$5,036 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Grand Island, NE Metro Area: $35,933 ±$1,496
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $41,751 ±$384
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,417 ±$14,129 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Grand Island, NE Metro Area: $69,704 ±$3,612
  • about the same as the amount in Nebraska: $76,475 ±$633
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.6% ±9.1% (229  ±139) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Grand Island, NE Metro Area: 12.7% † 9,599 (±1.5% / ±1,156)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Nebraska: 10.6% 204,630 (±0.3% / ±5,789)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.5 minutes ±2.6 (16,770  ±3,096) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Grand Island, NE Metro Area: 18.6 663,205 (±0.7 / ±30,871)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Nebraska: 19.2 17,325,040 (±0.1 / ±147,565)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

542 ±82 Number of households
  • the Grand Island, NE Metro Area: 30,296 ±339
  • Nebraska: 797,847 ±2,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (1,466  ±231) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Grand Island, NE Metro Area: 2.5 75,757 (±0 / ±35)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,931,011
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.1% ±4.8% (28  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Grand Island, NE Metro Area: 8.9% † 1,468 (±1.6% / ±261)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 26,331 (±0.3% / ±1,201)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

566 ±90 Number of housing units
  • the Grand Island, NE Metro Area: 32,061 ±90
  • Nebraska: 863,444 ±628
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$151,200 ±$41,109 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Grand Island, NE Metro Area: $218,400 ±$5,631
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Nebraska: $238,600 ±$1,365
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.6% ±2.7% (83  ±42.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Grand Island, NE Metro Area: 14.4% † 10,883 (±1.9% / ±1,431.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 13.2% 257,994 (±0.3% / ±5,628.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.7% ±3% (931  ±145.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Grand Island, NE Metro Area: 86.8% 43,460 (±2.8% / ±1,409.5)
  • about the same as 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)
17.8% ±3.5% (177  ±44.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Grand Island, NE Metro Area: 21.6% 10,787 (±1.3% / ±648.2)
  • about half the rate in Nebraska: 34.6% 449,651 (±0.3% / ±4,426.3)
  • about half 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

5.6% ±2.8% (83  ±44) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Grand Island, NE Metro Area: 14.1% 10,830
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nebraska: 8% 159,084
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12.7% ±7.5% (133  ±81) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Grand Island, NE Metro Area: 5.9% † 3,328 (±0.7% / ±386)
  • nearly double the rate in Nebraska: 6.9% 102,710 (±0.1% / ±1,710)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
133 Total veterans ±81 133 Male ±81 N/A Female ±10

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