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Platte Center, NE

318 Population
0.3 square miles 1,062.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±5.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 37.1 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Nebraska: 37.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,943 ±$5,190 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: $36,056 ±$1,382
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Nebraska: $41,751 ±$384
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$76,250 ±$4,534 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: $75,378 ±$3,203
  • about the same as the amount in Nebraska: $76,475 ±$633
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.8% ±9% (34  ±30) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 9.1% † 4,074 (±1.6% / ±730)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 10.6% 204,630 (±0.3% / ±5,789)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.3 minutes ±8.4 (3,940  ±1,881) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 16.4 359,320 (±1.1 / ±25,625)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 19.2 17,325,040 (±0.1 / ±147,565)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

123 ±36 Number of households
  • the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 17,365 ±237
  • Nebraska: 797,847 ±2,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±1.1 (318  ±91) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 2.6 44,862 (±0 / ±27)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,931,011
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.2% ±10.7% (6  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 8% † 742 (±2.1% / ±193)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 26,331 (±0.3% / ±1,201)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

131 ±39 Number of housing units
  • the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 18,322 ±44
  • Nebraska: 863,444 ±628
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$131,700 ±$27,943 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: $210,600 ±$8,897
  • about half the amount in Nebraska: $238,600 ±$1,365
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.6% ±6% (14  ±18.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 8.6% † 3,855 (±1.7% / ±771.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in Nebraska: 13.2% 257,994 (±0.3% / ±5,628.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.9% ±35.1% (199  ±47.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 87.9% 25,558 (±3.6% / ±1,044.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 92.2% 1,198,824 (±0.6% / ±7,286.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
10.4% ±10.9% (22  ±24) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 21.2% 6,155 (±1.8% / ±525.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Nebraska: 34.6% 449,651 (±0.3% / ±4,426.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.2% ±2.4% (7  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 16.2% 7,325
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Nebraska: 8% 159,084
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.1% ±4.4% (18  ±11) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 5.4% † 1,766 (±0.9% / ±307)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 6.9% 102,710 (±0.1% / ±1,710)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
18 Total veterans ±11 16 Male ±9 2 Female ±5

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