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Nelson, NE

487 Population
0.8 square miles 597 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

62 ±2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Nuckolls County: 50.6 ±0.7
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Nebraska: 37.2 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,193 ±$6,955 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Nuckolls County: $40,896 ±$2,745
  • about the same as the amount in Nebraska: $41,751 ±$384
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,000 ±$15,871 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nuckolls County: $73,976 ±$4,975
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nebraska: $76,475 ±$633
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.5% ±4.3% (41  ±22) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Nuckolls County: 5.7% † 230 (±2.1% / ±83)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 10.6% 204,630 (±0.3% / ±5,789)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.4 minutes ±2.5 (4,430  ±1,651) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Nuckolls County: 20.3 † 38,120 (±2.2 / ±5,119)
  • 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

304 ±57 Number of households
  • Nuckolls County: 1,919 ±89
  • Nebraska: 797,847 ±2,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.6 ±0.4 (485  ±84) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Nuckolls County: 2.1 3,997 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,931,011
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7% ±9.4% (5  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Nuckolls County: 2.9% † 21 (±2.6% / ±19)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 26,331 (±0.3% / ±1,201)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

337 ±56 Number of housing units
  • Nuckolls County: 2,220 ±24
  • Nebraska: 863,444 ±628
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$71,700 ±$14,512 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Nuckolls County: $96,500 † ±$12,478
  • about one-third of the amount in Nebraska: $238,600 ±$1,365
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.7% ±4.3% (23  ±21.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Nuckolls County: 6.2% † 251 (±2.5% / ±103.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in Nebraska: 13.2% 257,994 (±0.3% / ±5,628.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.3% ±23.1% (393  ±67) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Nuckolls County: 92.4% 2,878 (±6.5% / ±207.9)
  • about the same as 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)
23.2% ±6.4% (99  ±32.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Nuckolls County: 23.1% † 721 (±3.4% / ±106.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nebraska: 34.6% 449,651 (±0.3% / ±4,426.3)
  • about two-thirds 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

2.1% ±2.7% (10  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Nuckolls County: 1.2% 48
  • 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

11.8% ±4.9% (53  ±24) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Nuckolls County: 9.4% † 313 (±1.9% / ±64)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Nebraska: 6.9% 102,710 (±0.1% / ±1,710)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
53 Total veterans ±24 51 Male ±24 2 Female ±3

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