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Broken Bow, NE

3,510 Population
2 square miles 1,737.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Custer County: 42.1 ±0.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,785 ±$4,698 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Custer County: $35,562 ±$2,318
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Nebraska: $38,585 ±$300
$49,425 ±$8,251 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Custer County: $62,288 ±$4,725
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nebraska: $71,722 ±$577

20.4% ±10.4% (691  ±353) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Custer County: 11.3% † 1,177 (±3.4% / ±358)
  • about double the rate in Nebraska: 10.4% 198,466 (±0.3% / ±4,850)

10 minutes ±2 (13,905  ±3,405) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Custer County: 16.6 79,210 (±0.9 / ±5,561)
  • about half the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,473,484 (±0.2 / ±158,097)

Families

1,515 ±149 Number of households
  • Custer County: 4,543 ±182
  • Nebraska: 776,379 ±2,049
2.3 ±0.2 (3,428  ±35) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Custer County: 2.3 10,453 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 2.5 1,910,387

4.2% ±4.6% (33  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Custer County: 6.5% † 133 (±2.2% / ±45)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nebraska: 6.1% 27,004 (±0.3% / ±1,170)

Housing

1,770 ±164 Number of housing units
  • Custer County: 5,341 ±30
  • Nebraska: 848,023 ±372

$108,600 ±$22,104 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Custer County: $133,400 ±$11,643
  • about half the amount in Nebraska: $205,600 ±$1,189

11.9% ±5.8% (416  ±,204.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Custer County: 10.6% † 1,111 (±2.4% / ±,248.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 14.2% 274,806 (±0.3% / ±5,466.5)

Social

93.5% ±9.6% (2,136  ±,281.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Custer County: 94.7% 6,924 (±5% / ±,363.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 91.9% 1,178,988 (±0.5% / ±6,893.7)
22.4% ±5.3% (512  ±,128.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Custer County: 25.8% 1,887 (±2.5% / ±186)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nebraska: 33.5% 429,430 (±0.3% / ±4,298.6)

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

2.9% ±2.2% (102  ±76) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Custer County: 1.6% 166
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 7.5% 146,935

8.5% ±3.5% (220  ±92) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Custer County: 8% † 640 (±1.4% / ±109)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 7.5% 109,982 (±0.1% / ±2,114)
220 Total veterans ±92 134 Male ±70 86 Female ±62

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