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Central City city, Merrick County, NE

3,039 Population
2.4 square miles 1,247.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Merrick County: 42.8 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Nebraska: 37.1 ±0.2

Economics

$34,675 ±$6,971 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Merrick County: $34,539 ±$3,253
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $40,637 ±$365
$62,012 ±$13,417 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Merrick County: $62,849 ±$5,004
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $74,985 ±$575

7.8% ±4.1% (229  ±121) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Merrick County: 8.7% † 661 (±2.3% / ±172)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Nebraska: 10.3% 197,300 (±0.3% / ±5,207)

17.9 minutes ±3.5 (24,740  ±5,721) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Merrick County: 20.6 77,025 (±1.9 / ±8,407)
  • a little less than the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,371,744 (±0.1 / ±156,988)

Families

1,218 ±103 Number of households
  • Merrick County: 3,210 ±103
  • Nebraska: 786,885 ±2,232
2.4 ±0.2 (2,920  ±34) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Merrick County: 2.4 7,557 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,917,605

3% ±3.7% (19  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Merrick County: 4.1% † 63 (±2.1% / ±32)
  • about half the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 25,969 (±0.2% / ±1,093)

Housing

1,268 ±98 Number of housing units
  • Merrick County: 3,584 ±22
  • Nebraska: 855,631 ±245

$158,300 ±$21,447 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Merrick County: $168,000 ±$9,144
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nebraska: $223,800 ±$1,268

19% ±7.1% (575  ±215.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Merrick County: 10.8% † 824 (±2.9% / ±224.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Nebraska: 13.6% 265,006 (±0.3% / ±5,825.9)

Social

92.1% ±10.1% (1,916  ±236.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Merrick County: 92.4% 4,999 (±5.6% / ±307.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 92.1% 1,188,000 (±0.5% / ±6,935.6)
19.7% ±5.3% (410  ±112) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Merrick County: 17.6% † 950 (±2.4% / ±131.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 34.1% 440,234 (±0.3% / ±4,128.7)

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

3.9% ±1.9% (118  ±59) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Merrick County: 2.3% 178
  • about half the rate in Nebraska: 7.7% 151,436

5.9% ±2.7% (136  ±63) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Merrick County: 7.9% † 471 (±1.7% / ±98)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 7.2% 105,516 (±0.1% / ±1,797)
136 Total veterans ±63 136 Male ±63 N/A Female ±10

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