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North Platte, NE

23,030 Population
13.7 square miles 1,684.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 42.4 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 37.1 ±0.2

Economics

$30,989 ±$1,360 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: $34,209 ±$1,136
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Nebraska: $40,637 ±$365
$57,805 ±$5,931 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: $64,652 ±$3,731
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Nebraska: $74,985 ±$575

16.1% ±3.2% (3,602  ±715) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 12.7% † 4,344 (±2.2% / ±761)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Nebraska: 10.3% 197,300 (±0.3% / ±5,207)

12.7 minutes ±0.8 (134,740  ±10,596) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 15.1 241,895 (±0.6 / ±12,114)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,371,744 (±0.1 / ±156,988)

Families

10,119 ±359 Number of households
  • the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 14,896 ±411
  • Nebraska: 786,885 ±2,232
2.2 ±0.1 (22,411  ±27) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 2.3 34,261 (±0.1 / ±109)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,917,605

6.1% ±3% (319  ±158) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 5.9% † 440 (±2.3% / ±171)
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 25,969 (±0.2% / ±1,093)

Housing

11,407 ±248 Number of housing units
  • the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 16,937 ±54
  • Nebraska: 855,631 ±245

$159,500 ±$16,683 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: $183,000 ±$5,850
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nebraska: $223,800 ±$1,268

17.2% ±3.7% (3,929  ±842.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 14.3% † 4,943 (±2.6% / ±883.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 13.6% 265,006 (±0.3% / ±5,825.9)

Social

92.5% ±5.6% (14,728  ±918.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 93.6% 22,766 (±4% / ±993.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 92.1% 1,188,000 (±0.5% / ±6,935.6)
18.2% ±2.2% (2,899  ±359.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 20.6% 5,003 (±1.7% / ±403.2)
  • about half the rate in Nebraska: 34.1% 440,234 (±0.3% / ±4,128.7)

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

3.1% ±0.9% (702  ±209) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 2.5% † 865 (±0.6% / ±217)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 7.7% 151,436

8.9% ±1.3% (1,573  ±237) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 8.8% † 2,351 (±1% / ±259)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 7.2% 105,516 (±0.1% / ±1,797)
1,573 Total veterans ±237 1,420 Male ±230 153 Female ±94

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