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Broken Bow, NE

3,524 Population
2 square miles 1,744.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±2.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Custer County: 42.3 ±0.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 37.1 ±0.2

Economics

$28,419 ±$2,888 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Custer County: $37,311 ±$2,079
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nebraska: $40,637 ±$365
$56,438 ±$13,268 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Custer County: $66,310 ±$2,539
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Nebraska: $74,985 ±$575

14.6% ±7.6% (502  ±261) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Custer County: 8.6% † 900 (±2.7% / ±285)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Nebraska: 10.3% 197,300 (±0.3% / ±5,207)

11 minutes ±2.1 (15,555  ±3,619) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Custer County: 17.5 83,170 (±1.2 / ±6,994)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,371,744 (±0.1 / ±156,988)

Families

1,502 ±122 Number of households
  • Custer County: 4,456 ±144
  • Nebraska: 786,885 ±2,232
2.3 ±0.2 (3,439  ±27) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Custer County: 2.3 10,428 (±0.1 / ±21)
  • a little less than the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,917,605

8.3% ±6.9% (71  ±59) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Custer County: 9.7% † 197 (±3.5% / ±71)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 25,969 (±0.2% / ±1,093)

Housing

1,795 ±141 Number of housing units
  • Custer County: 5,331 ±29
  • Nebraska: 855,631 ±245

$124,600 ±$17,780 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Custer County: $160,500 † ±$24,200
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Nebraska: $223,800 ±$1,268

13.2% ±6.6% (459  ±231.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Custer County: 10.3% † 1,067 (±2.7% / ±284.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Nebraska: 13.6% 265,006 (±0.3% / ±5,825.9)

Social

92.3% ±10.4% (2,167  ±284.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Custer County: 94% 6,880 (±5.1% / ±374.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 92.1% 1,188,000 (±0.5% / ±6,935.6)
20.4% ±5.1% (479  ±123.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Custer County: 25.6% † 1,875 (±2.6% / ±192.8)
  • 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

4.4% ±1.8% (154  ±64) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Custer County: 2% 209
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 7.7% 151,436

8.4% ±3.5% (215  ±89) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Custer County: 6.7% † 532 (±1.3% / ±103)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 7.2% 105,516 (±0.1% / ±1,797)
215 Total veterans ±89 143 Male ±63 72 Female ±58

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