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North Platte, NE

23,543 Population
13.5 square miles 1,741.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 41.7 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 36.7 ±0.1

Economics

$28,253 ±$1,224 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: $32,242 ±$1,392
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $35,189 ±$269
$54,489 ±$3,862 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: $61,133 ±$4,606
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $66,644 ±$429

13.5% ±2.7% (3,080  ±623) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 10.9% † 3,860 (±1.9% / ±670)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Nebraska: 10.3% 195,455 (±0.3% / ±4,845)

12.7 minutes ±1 (139,220  ±12,321) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 15.3 260,525 (±0.6 / ±12,587)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,653,316 (±0.1 / ±130,664)

Families

9,910 ±319 Number of households
  • the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 14,960 ±366
  • Nebraska: 766,887 ±2,420
2.3 ±0.1 (22,898  ±140) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 2.4 35,566 (±0.1 / ±161)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 2.5 1,902,505 (±0)

6.9% ±2.9% (359  ±149) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 7.1% † 530 (±2.1% / ±156)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 6.1% 26,915 (±0.3% / ±1,401)

Housing

11,188 ±217 Number of housing units
  • the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 17,192 ±70
  • Nebraska: 840,802 ±576

$133,400 ±$11,610 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: $155,200 ±$5,193
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Nebraska: $174,100 ±$1,011

19.4% ±4.3% (4,490  ±991.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 16% † 5,715 (±2.8% / ±1,007.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Nebraska: 14.8% 285,520 (±0.3% / ±5,499.3)

Social

93% ±4.9% (14,941  ±823) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 93.9% 23,631 (±3.7% / ±944.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 91.7% 1,169,709 (±0.5% / ±6,590.2)
18.8% ±2.3% (3,014  ±365.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 21.5% 5,402 (±1.7% / ±432.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 33% 420,175 (±0.3% / ±3,832.4)

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

3.3% ±1% (768  ±228) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 2.6% † 923 (±0.7% / ±239)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 7.4% 145,215 (±0.2% / ±3,039)

9.1% ±1.6% (1,632  ±280) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 8.8% † 2,424 (±1.1% / ±304)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 7.7% 111,873 (±0.1% / ±1,732)
1,632 Total veterans ±280 1,520 Male ±246 112 Female ±104

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