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Norfolk, NE

26,054 Population
18.1 square miles 1,436.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Norfolk, NE Micro Area: 38.2 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$36,131 ±$2,576 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Norfolk, NE Micro Area: $36,224 ±$1,794
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $41,751 ±$384
$58,884 ±$4,400 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Norfolk, NE Micro Area: $65,968 ±$2,766
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Nebraska: $76,475 ±$633

14.3% ±2.4% (3,633  ±619) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Norfolk, NE Micro Area: 11.8% † 5,619 (±1.6% / ±744)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Nebraska: 10.6% 204,630 (±0.3% / ±5,789)

13 minutes ±1 (161,450  ±14,189) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Norfolk, NE Micro Area: 16.1 364,575 (±0.6 / ±17,051)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Nebraska: 19.2 17,325,040 (±0.1 / ±147,565)

Families

10,990 ±231 Number of households
  • the Norfolk, NE Micro Area: 19,617 ±227
  • Nebraska: 797,847 ±2,728
2.3 ±0.1 (25,302  ±55) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Norfolk, NE Micro Area: 2.4 47,511 (±0 / ±27)
  • a little less than the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,931,011

5.4% ±2.1% (307  ±118) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Norfolk, NE Micro Area: 6.6% † 671 (±1.3% / ±130)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 26,331 (±0.3% / ±1,201)

Housing

11,786 ±161 Number of housing units
  • the Norfolk, NE Micro Area: 21,129 ±50
  • Nebraska: 863,444 ±628

$211,700 ±$10,221 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Norfolk, NE Micro Area: $204,700 ±$7,494
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $238,600 ±$1,365

13.5% ±2% (3,495  ±520.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Norfolk, NE Micro Area: 10.7% † 5,149 (±1.2% / ±581.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 13.2% 257,994 (±0.3% / ±5,628.5)

Social

91.2% ±4.7% (15,533  ±821.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Norfolk, NE Micro Area: 92% 29,605 (±2.9% / ±951.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 92.2% 1,198,824 (±0.6% / ±7,286.7)
24% ±2.4% (4,092  ±419.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Norfolk, NE Micro Area: 23.8% 7,646 (±1.5% / ±498)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nebraska: 34.6% 449,651 (±0.3% / ±4,426.3)

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

7.1% ±1.3% (1,856  ±339) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Norfolk, NE Micro Area: 6.3% 3,062
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 8% 159,084

5.8% ±1.1% (1,145  ±226) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Norfolk, NE Micro Area: 6.1% † 2,227 (±0.7% / ±263)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 6.9% 102,710 (±0.1% / ±1,710)
1,145 Total veterans ±226 1,071 Male ±211 74 Female ±60

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