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Kearney, NE Urban Area

35,051 Population
18.2 square miles 1,928.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.1 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,652 ±$1,955 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,892 ±$4,655 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.2% ±1.8% (4,019  ±585) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

13.9 minutes ±0.7 (254,635  ±16,154) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

14,187 ±258 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (32,828  ±299) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.2% ±2.2% (472  ±199) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

14,909 ±255 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$247,000 ±$8,552 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.5% ±2.1% (6,751  ±725.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94% ±4.3% (20,133  ±979.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
36.1% ±2.9% (7,726  ±628.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • 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

5.5% ±0.8% (1,930  ±284) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.9% ±1% (1,624  ±279) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,624 Total veterans ±279 1,371 Male ±253 253 Female ±166

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