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68601

30,944 Population
287.7 square miles 107.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 37.1 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$36,313 ±$1,668 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: $36,056 ±$1,382
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $41,751 ±$384
$68,480 ±$4,792 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: $75,378 ±$3,203
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $76,475 ±$633

10.5% ±2.2% (3,199  ±687) 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)

15.7 minutes ±1.6 (236,100  ±26,020) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 16.4 359,320 (±1.1 / ±25,625)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 19.2 17,325,040 (±0.1 / ±147,565)

Families

12,223 ±250 Number of households
  • the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 17,365 ±237
  • Nebraska: 797,847 ±2,728
2.5 ±0.1 (30,529  ±501) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 2.6 44,862 (±0 / ±27)
  • a little higher than the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,931,011

8.1% ±2.6% (512  ±166) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 8% † 742 (±2.1% / ±193)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 26,331 (±0.3% / ±1,201)

Housing

12,992 ±193 Number of housing units
  • the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 18,322 ±44
  • Nebraska: 863,444 ±628

$221,900 ±$8,784 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: $210,600 ±$8,897
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $238,600 ±$1,365

11% ±2.4% (3,343  ±746.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 8.6% † 3,855 (±1.7% / ±771.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 13.2% 257,994 (±0.3% / ±5,628.5)

Social

89.3% ±4.2% (17,950  ±899.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 87.9% 25,558 (±3.6% / ±1,044.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Nebraska: 92.2% 1,198,824 (±0.6% / ±7,286.7)
22.4% ±2.3% (4,502  ±474.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 21.2% 6,155 (±1.8% / ±525.4)
  • about two-thirds 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

13.9% ±1.7% (4,311  ±526) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 16.2% 7,325
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Nebraska: 8% 159,084

5.2% ±1% (1,182  ±221) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 5.4% † 1,766 (±0.9% / ±307)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Nebraska: 6.9% 102,710 (±0.1% / ±1,710)
1,182 Total veterans ±221 1,138 Male ±221 44 Female ±44

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