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Prairie Creek township, Merrick County, NE

249 Population
56.5 square miles 4.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

63 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Merrick County: 43.2 ±0.6
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Nebraska: 37.2 ±0.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,127 ±$8,174 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Merrick County: $37,170 † ±$4,130
  • a little less than the amount in Nebraska: $41,751 ±$384
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$83,000 ±$14,215 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Merrick County: $68,354 † ±$7,261
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Nebraska: $76,475 ±$633
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.2% ±6.2% (13  ±16) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Merrick County: 7.9% † 601 (±2% / ±148)
  • about half the rate in Nebraska: 10.6% 204,630 (±0.3% / ±5,789)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

36 minutes ±9 (4,100  ±2,278) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Merrick County: 21.4 79,195 (±2 / ±8,920)
  • nearly double the figure in Nebraska: 19.2 17,325,040 (±0.1 / ±147,565)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

116 ±36 Number of households
  • Merrick County: 3,205 ±127
  • Nebraska: 797,847 ±2,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.9 (249  ±76) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Merrick County: 2.4 7,585 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,931,011
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

140 ±45 Number of housing units
  • Merrick County: 3,598 ±24
  • Nebraska: 863,444 ±628
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$394,400 ±$192,660 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Merrick County: $175,900 ±$10,564
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Nebraska: $238,600 ±$1,365
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

95.1% ±39.3% (211  ±61.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Merrick County: 91.3% 4,994 (±5.5% / ±307.6)
  • 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)
13.5% ±13.4% (30  ±30.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Merrick County: 18.3% † 1,001 (±2.5% / ±139.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 34.6% 449,651 (±0.3% / ±4,426.3)
  • about two-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% ±3.2% (5  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Merrick County: 2.2% 172
  • 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

13.5% ±9.2% (31  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Merrick County: 8.1% † 483 (±1.7% / ±102)
  • about double the rate in Nebraska: 6.9% 102,710 (±0.1% / ±1,710)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
31 Total veterans ±23 31 Male ±23 N/A Female ±10

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