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Dorchester, NE

550 Population
0.5 square miles 1,100.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±13.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Saline County: 37.3 ±1.3
  • a little less than the figure in Nebraska: 37.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,529 ±$5,723 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Saline County: $33,639 ±$1,887
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $41,751 ±$384
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$74,286 ±$19,471 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Saline County: $79,910 ±$4,360
  • a little less than the amount in Nebraska: $76,475 ±$633
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2% ±2.9% (11  ±16) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Saline County: 8.9% † 1,249 (±2.4% / ±333)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Nebraska: 10.6% 204,630 (±0.3% / ±5,789)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.7 minutes ±6.9 (4,905  ±1,129) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Saline County: 21.5 152,480 (±1.9 / ±15,350)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 19.2 17,325,040 (±0.1 / ±147,565)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

234 ±60 Number of households
  • Saline County: 5,143 ±203
  • Nebraska: 797,847 ±2,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.8 (550  ±121) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Saline County: 2.7 14,049 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • 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

20% ±11.9% (20  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Saline County: 3.9% † 132 (±2.3% / ±77)
  • more than double the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 26,331 (±0.3% / ±1,201)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

240 ±60 Number of housing units
  • Saline County: 5,799 ±29
  • Nebraska: 863,444 ±628
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$163,200 ±$12,687 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Saline County: $197,400 ±$15,953
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nebraska: $238,600 ±$1,365
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.1% ±11.5% (75  ±63.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Saline County: 12.5% † 1,795 (±3% / ±430.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 13.2% 257,994 (±0.3% / ±5,628.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97% ±26.5% (353  ±65.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Saline County: 82.3% 7,492 (±5.2% / ±479.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 92.2% 1,198,824 (±0.6% / ±7,286.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.3% ±8.5% (74  ±34.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Saline County: 21.8% † 1,985 (±2.7% / ±247.6)
  • 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

9.3% ±8.1% (51  ±46) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Saline County: 17.1% 2,499
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 8% 159,084
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.7% ±2.6% (19  ±11) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Saline County: 5.8% † 621 (±1.2% / ±124)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nebraska: 6.9% 102,710 (±0.1% / ±1,710)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
19 Total veterans ±11 16 Male ±9 3 Female ±3

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