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Valley County, NE

4,094 Population
568.1 square miles 7.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.4 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 37.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$38,033 ±$4,523 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Nebraska: $40,637 ±$365
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$58,902 ±$3,509 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $74,985 ±$575
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

9.3% ±2.6% (373  ±104) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 10.3% 197,300 (±0.3% / ±5,207)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

15.1 minutes ±1.9 (29,295  ±4,172) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,371,744 (±0.1 / ±156,988)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

1,822 ±75 Number of households
  • Nebraska: 786,885 ±2,232
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.2 ±0.1 (4,031  ±93) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,917,605
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

3.4% ±2% (25  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 25,969 (±0.2% / ±1,093)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

2,116 ±46 Number of housing units
  • Nebraska: 855,631 ±245
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$122,200 ±$9,865 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Nebraska: $223,800 ±$1,268
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

11.7% ±3.1% (474  ±127.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 13.6% 265,006 (±0.3% / ±5,825.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

94.4% ±6.6% (2,745  ±201) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 92.1% 1,188,000 (±0.5% / ±6,935.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
27.6% ±4% (804  ±118) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 34.1% 440,234 (±0.3% / ±4,128.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

2% ±1.3% (83  ±53) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Nebraska: 7.7% 151,436
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

7.6% ±1.7% (241  ±53) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 7.2% 105,516 (±0.1% / ±1,797)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
241 Total veterans ±53 236 Male ±52 5 Female ±8

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