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Central City city, Merrick County, NE

3,061 Population
2.4 square miles 1,256.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Merrick County: 43.2 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 37.2 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,108 ±$9,701 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Merrick County: $37,170 † ±$4,130
  • about the same as the amount in Nebraska: $41,751 ±$384
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$73,229 ±$14,299 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Merrick County: $68,354 † ±$7,261
  • a little less than the amount in Nebraska: $76,475 ±$633
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.2% ±2.7% (123  ±79) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Merrick County: 7.9% † 601 (±2% / ±148)
  • 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)

18.4 minutes ±5 (26,100  ±7,765) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Merrick County: 21.4 79,195 (±2 / ±8,920)
  • a little less than 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

1,284 ±110 Number of households
  • Merrick County: 3,205 ±127
  • Nebraska: 797,847 ±2,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (2,939  ±20) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Merrick County: 2.4 7,585 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • 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

1.2% ±1.8% (7  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Merrick County: 4.7% † 71 (±2.2% / ±34)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 26,331 (±0.3% / ±1,201)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,374 ±95 Number of housing units
  • Merrick County: 3,598 ±24
  • Nebraska: 863,444 ±628
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$165,300 ±$25,114 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Merrick County: $175,900 ±$10,564
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nebraska: $238,600 ±$1,365
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.6% ±6.4% (509  ±195.4) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Merrick County: 9% † 688 (±2.7% / ±204.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 13.2% 257,994 (±0.3% / ±5,628.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.3% ±9.8% (1,937  ±235.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Merrick County: 91.3% 4,994 (±5.5% / ±307.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 92.2% 1,198,824 (±0.6% / ±7,286.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20% ±5.1% (428  ±110.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Merrick County: 18.3% † 1,001 (±2.5% / ±139.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 34.6% 449,651 (±0.3% / ±4,426.3)
  • about three-fifths 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

2.7% ±1.8% (83  ±55) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Merrick County: 2.2% 172
  • about one-third of the rate in Nebraska: 8% 159,084
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.4% ±2.9% (176  ±69) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Merrick County: 8.1% † 483 (±1.7% / ±102)
  • about 10 percent 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)
176 Total veterans ±69 176 Male ±69 N/A Female ±10

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