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District 3, Kearney County, NE

978 Population
107.7 square miles 9.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±8.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kearney County: 40.2 ±1.9
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 37.2 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,516 ±$6,088 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kearney County: $42,943 ±$3,773
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $41,751 ±$384
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$86,218 ±$13,134 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kearney County: $78,631 † ±$10,435
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Nebraska: $76,475 ±$633
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.3% ±2.7% (60  ±29) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kearney County: 7.2% † 477 (±2.8% / ±187)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 10.6% 204,630 (±0.3% / ±5,789)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.3 minutes ±13.2 (8,670  ±3,361) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kearney County: 21.3 69,960 (±1.8 / ±6,886)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 19.2 17,325,040 (±0.1 / ±147,565)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

392 ±82 Number of households
  • Kearney County: 2,814 ±86
  • Nebraska: 797,847 ±2,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (978  ±216) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Kearney County: 2.4 6,651 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • a little higher than the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,931,011
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

27.2% ±18.8% (46  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Kearney County: 6.8% † 94 (±3.5% / ±48)
  • more than double the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 26,331 (±0.3% / ±1,201)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

403 ±83 Number of housing units
  • Kearney County: 2,988 ±21
  • Nebraska: 863,444 ±628
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$259,400 ±$37,288 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kearney County: $223,400 ±$11,096
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Nebraska: $238,600 ±$1,365
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.8% ±4.6% (45  ±44.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kearney County: 6.7% † 446 (±2.1% / ±135.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in Nebraska: 13.2% 257,994 (±0.3% / ±5,628.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.3% ±26.7% (655  ±120.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kearney County: 93.9% 4,349 (±6.6% / ±307.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 92.2% 1,198,824 (±0.6% / ±7,286.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
45.3% ±10.1% (308  ±93.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kearney County: 34.5% † 1,598 (±3.9% / ±179.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Nebraska: 34.6% 449,651 (±0.3% / ±4,426.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

1.8% ±2% (18  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kearney County: 1.6% 107
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Nebraska: 8% 159,084
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.2% ±4.2% (51  ±32) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kearney County: 6.7% † 338 (±1.9% / ±98)
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 6.9% 102,710 (±0.1% / ±1,710)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
51 Total veterans ±32 51 Male ±32 N/A Female ±10

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