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Nebraska City, NE

7,287 Population
5 square miles 1,465.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Otoe County: 41.8 ±0.8
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 37.1 ±0.2

Economics

$35,106 ±$3,356 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Otoe County: $41,885 ±$2,431
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $40,637 ±$365
$67,993 ±$5,894 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Otoe County: $81,430 ±$4,989
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $74,985 ±$575

12.6% ±3.8% (897  ±270) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Otoe County: 9.5% † 1,514 (±2.1% / ±339)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 10.3% 197,300 (±0.3% / ±5,207)

18.8 minutes ±1.6 (65,395  ±7,137) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Otoe County: 22.8 172,985 (±1.2 / ±11,728)
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,371,744 (±0.1 / ±156,988)

Families

2,817 ±155 Number of households
  • Otoe County: 6,423 ±183
  • Nebraska: 786,885 ±2,232
2.5 ±0.1 (7,134  ±37) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Otoe County: 2.5 15,867 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • a little higher than the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,917,605

5.8% ±4.5% (84  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Otoe County: 7.5% † 232 (±2.6% / ±82)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 25,969 (±0.2% / ±1,093)

Housing

3,133 ±140 Number of housing units
  • Otoe County: 6,987 ±26
  • Nebraska: 855,631 ±245

$147,800 ±$12,653 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Otoe County: $185,000 ±$15,756
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nebraska: $223,800 ±$1,268

13.8% ±4.8% (1,000  ±350.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Otoe County: 10.9% † 1,739 (±2.6% / ±415.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 13.6% 265,006 (±0.3% / ±5,825.9)

Social

91.1% ±7.7% (4,217  ±400.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Otoe County: 93.5% 10,317 (±4.7% / ±530.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 92.1% 1,188,000 (±0.5% / ±6,935.6)
25.5% ±4.6% (1,182  ±220.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Otoe County: 27.2% † 3,000 (±2.8% / ±304.7)
  • about three-quarters 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

13.5% ±3.4% (986  ±248) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Otoe County: 6.6% 1,055
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Nebraska: 7.7% 151,436

9.6% ±2.7% (512  ±147) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Otoe County: 8.2% † 993 (±1.3% / ±160)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Nebraska: 7.2% 105,516 (±0.1% / ±1,797)
512 Total veterans ±147 445 Male ±132 67 Female ±70

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