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Kearney Public Schools, NE

39,584 Population
205 square miles 193.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.8 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Buffalo County: 34.6 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 37.1 ±0.2

Economics

$39,216 ±$2,286 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Buffalo County: $37,873 ±$1,796
  • a little less than the amount in Nebraska: $40,637 ±$365
$74,391 ±$5,649 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Buffalo County: $74,570 ±$4,165
  • about the same as the amount in Nebraska: $74,985 ±$575

12.4% ±1.9% (4,637  ±709) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Buffalo County: 11% † 5,297 (±1.5% / ±734)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 10.3% 197,300 (±0.3% / ±5,207)

15 minutes ±0.9 (312,335  ±21,317) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Buffalo County: 16.4 426,035 (±0.7 / ±20,744)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,371,744 (±0.1 / ±156,988)

Families

15,642 ±305 Number of households
  • Buffalo County: 19,662 ±263
  • Nebraska: 786,885 ±2,232
2.4 ±0.1 (37,470  ±587) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Buffalo County: 2.5 48,154 (±0 / ±27)
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,917,605

6.1% ±1.7% (619  ±175) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Buffalo County: 6.3% † 779 (±1.5% / ±181)
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 25,969 (±0.2% / ±1,093)

Housing

16,695 ±265 Number of housing units
  • Buffalo County: 21,181 ±71
  • Nebraska: 855,631 ±245

$247,900 ±$8,669 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Buffalo County: $236,800 ±$5,984
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Nebraska: $223,800 ±$1,268

18.8% ±2% (7,343  ±774) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Buffalo County: 16.9% 8,386 (±1.6% / ±799)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Nebraska: 13.6% 265,006 (±0.3% / ±5,825.9)

Social

93.9% ±3.9% (23,013  ±1,032.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Buffalo County: 93.5% 29,316 (±3.3% / ±1,046.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 92.1% 1,188,000 (±0.5% / ±6,935.6)
37.7% ±2.6% (9,251  ±650.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Buffalo County: 34.6% 10,864 (±2.1% / ±653.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 34.1% 440,234 (±0.3% / ±4,128.7)

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

5.2% ±0.7% (2,056  ±292) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Buffalo County: 4.8% 2,420
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nebraska: 7.7% 151,436

6.2% ±0.9% (1,918  ±288) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Buffalo County: 6.4% † 2,479 (±0.8% / ±293)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 7.2% 105,516 (±0.1% / ±1,797)
1,918 Total veterans ±288 1,651 Male ±254 267 Female ±170

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