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Sherman County, NE

2,970 Population
565.9 square miles 5.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.1 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Nebraska: 36.9 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$31,023 ±$2,051 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $38,585 ±$300
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$60,194 ±$4,195 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $71,722 ±$577
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

10.9% ±3.1% (318  ±91) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 10.4% 198,466 (±0.3% / ±4,850)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

21.7 minutes ±2.1 (28,180  ±3,429) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,473,484 (±0.2 / ±158,097)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

1,303 ±75 Number of households
  • Nebraska: 776,379 ±2,049
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.2 ±0.1 (2,911  ±9) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 2.5 1,910,387
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

7% ±3.6% (35  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 6.1% 27,004 (±0.3% / ±1,170)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

1,800 ±18 Number of housing units
  • Nebraska: 848,023 ±372
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$112,500 ±$14,795 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Nebraska: $205,600 ±$1,189
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

8% ±2.3% (237  ±66.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 14.2% 274,806 (±0.3% / ±5,466.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

90.9% ±6.6% (1,961  ±,143.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 91.9% 1,178,988 (±0.5% / ±6,893.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
18.9% ±2.8% (407  ±60.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 33.5% 429,430 (±0.3% / ±4,298.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

1.3% (39  ±26) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Nebraska: 7.5% 146,935
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

6.6% ±1.9% (155  ±45) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 7.5% 109,982 (±0.1% / ±2,114)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
155 Total veterans ±45 150 Male ±47 5 Female ±5

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