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North Platte, NE

22,831 Population
13.7 square miles 1,670.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 42.5 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$32,736 ±$1,893 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: $35,515 ±$1,437
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $41,751 ±$384
$58,097 ±$6,170 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: $65,430 ±$4,872
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Nebraska: $76,475 ±$633

15.4% ±3.1% (3,397  ±684) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 12.2% † 4,114 (±2.2% / ±753)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Nebraska: 10.6% 204,630 (±0.3% / ±5,789)

13.3 minutes ±1.2 (143,910  ±15,126) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 15.5 250,275 (±0.7 / ±14,614)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Nebraska: 19.2 17,325,040 (±0.1 / ±147,565)

Families

10,415 ±252 Number of households
  • the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 15,189 ±275
  • Nebraska: 797,847 ±2,728
2.1 ±0.1 (22,228  ±38) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 2.2 33,914 (±0 / ±85)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,931,011

6.9% ±3.4% (356  ±175) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 6.7% † 492 (±2.6% / ±193)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 26,331 (±0.3% / ±1,201)

Housing

11,479 ±256 Number of housing units
  • the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 16,954 ±104
  • Nebraska: 863,444 ±628

$169,100 ±$11,184 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: $189,500 ±$7,512
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nebraska: $238,600 ±$1,365

14.7% ±3.3% (3,330  ±755.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 12.7% † 4,346 (±2.4% / ±810.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 13.2% 257,994 (±0.3% / ±5,628.5)

Social

93.5% ±5.3% (14,758  ±880.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 94.3% 22,715 (±4% / ±964.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 92.2% 1,198,824 (±0.6% / ±7,286.7)
20.8% ±2.5% (3,285  ±400.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 22.7% 5,464 (±1.9% / ±446.9)
  • about three-fifths 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

3.5% ±1.2% (790  ±283) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 2.8% † 964 (±0.8% / ±285)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 8% 159,084

7.9% ±1.4% (1,383  ±243) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 8% † 2,116 (±1% / ±271)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 6.9% 102,710 (±0.1% / ±1,710)
1,383 Total veterans ±243 1,293 Male ±238 90 Female ±57

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