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Alma city, Harlan County, NE

1,154 Population
1.2 square miles 1,003.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±9.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Harlan County: 47.3 ±3.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 37.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,678 ±$7,738 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Harlan County: $44,768 † ±$5,304
  • a little higher than the amount in Nebraska: $41,751 ±$384
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,703 ±$12,842 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Harlan County: $70,625 † ±$9,968
  • about the same as the amount in Nebraska: $76,475 ±$633
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.2% ±1.8% (46  ±21) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Harlan County: 6.7% † 188 (±1.9% / ±55)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 10.6% 204,630 (±0.3% / ±5,789)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.2 minutes ±3.8 (8,980  ±2,607) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Harlan County: 19.1 † 23,910 (±3.2 / ±4,617)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 19.2 17,325,040 (±0.1 / ±147,565)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

479 ±66 Number of households
  • Harlan County: 1,197 ±100
  • Nebraska: 797,847 ±2,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (1,105  ±174) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Harlan County: 2.3 2,795 (±0.2 / ±156)
  • a little less than the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,931,011
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

542 ±69 Number of housing units
  • Harlan County: 1,884 ±97
  • Nebraska: 863,444 ±628
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$163,800 ±$23,806 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Harlan County: $145,800 ±$11,811
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nebraska: $238,600 ±$1,365
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.2% ±3.3% (83  ±40) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Harlan County: 5.6% † 158 (±1.8% / ±52.3)
  • about half the rate in Nebraska: 13.2% 257,994 (±0.3% / ±5,628.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.2% ±4.5% (800  ±102.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Harlan County: 93.9% 1,920 (±4.8% / ±140.6)
  • a little higher than 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)
29.1% ±5.8% (244  ±57) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Harlan County: 29.2% † 597 (±3.4% / ±76.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 34.6% 449,651 (±0.3% / ±4,426.3)
  • about 80 percent of 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

1.1% ±0.9% (13  ±11) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Harlan County: 2.2% † 63 (±1.1% / ±30)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Nebraska: 8% 159,084
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.8% ±4.8% (67  ±42) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Harlan County: 8.1% † 180 (±2.2% / ±50)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 6.9% 102,710 (±0.1% / ±1,710)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
67 Total veterans ±42 63 Male ±41 4 Female ±5

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