Census Reporter

North Platte, NE

23,734 Population
13.5 square miles 1,755.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 41.6 ±0.7
  • a little higher than the figure in Nebraska: 36.6 ±0.2

Economics

$27,096 ±$1,389 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: $31,044 ±$1,198
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $33,205 ±$275
$52,653 ±$5,357 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: $59,536 ±$4,326
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $63,015 ±$563

11.9% ±2.4% (2,722  ±552) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 9.6% † 3,410 (±1.6% / ±573)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 10.4% 193,820 (±0.3% / ±4,792)

12.3 minutes ±1.1 (137,195  ±13,154) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 15.1 258,790 (±0.8 / ±15,834)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Nebraska: 18.9 17,542,745 (±0.1 / ±147,771)

Families

10,188 ±303 Number of households
  • the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 15,283 ±321
  • Nebraska: 766,663 ±2,410
2.3 ±0.1 (23,038  ±124) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 2.3 35,617 (±0.1 / ±175)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,872,618 (±0)

8.2% ±3.1% (434  ±163) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 8% † 603 (±2.3% / ±174)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Nebraska: 6.3% 27,343 (±0.3% / ±1,108)

Housing

11,409 ±243 Number of housing units
  • the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 17,512 ±100
  • Nebraska: 844,248 ±413

$126,400 ±$9,118 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: $151,800 ±$5,765
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Nebraska: $164,000 ±$720

19.9% ±4.4% (4,638  ±1,019.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 16.1% † 5,761 (±2.9% / ±1,035.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Nebraska: 15.3% 290,954 (±0.3% / ±5,593.9)

Social

92.4% ±5.1% (14,892  ±857.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 93.6% 23,627 (±3.7% / ±947.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 91.6% 1,153,356 (±0.5% / ±6,410.6)
19.1% ±2.3% (3,073  ±372.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 21.7% 5,478 (±1.7% / ±428.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 32.5% 409,315 (±0.3% / ±3,620.9)

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

3.9% ±1.3% (913  ±297) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 3% † 1,083 (±0.8% / ±303)
  • about half the rate in Nebraska: 7.4% 142,616 (±0.2% / ±2,935)

10.1% ±1.7% (1,813  ±300) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the North Platte, NE Micro Area: 9.7% † 2,672 (±1.1% / ±304)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Nebraska: 7.9% 113,567 (±0.1% / ±1,889)
1,813 Total veterans ±300 1,704 Male ±303 109 Female ±107

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