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68661

7,459 Population
144.8 square miles 51.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 37.1 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$31,895 ±$4,261 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
$83,279 ±$4,995 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: $75,378 ±$3,203
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Nebraska: $76,475 ±$633

7% ±5.1% (521  ±381) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 9.1% † 4,074 (±1.6% / ±730)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nebraska: 10.6% 204,630 (±0.3% / ±5,789)

16.8 minutes ±2.3 (62,580  ±10,153) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 16.4 359,320 (±1.1 / ±25,625)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 19.2 17,325,040 (±0.1 / ±147,565)

Families

2,474 ±155 Number of households
  • the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 17,365 ±237
  • Nebraska: 797,847 ±2,728
3 ±0.2 (7,420  ±190) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 2.6 44,862 (±0 / ±27)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,931,011

6.5% ±5.8% (101  ±91) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 8% † 742 (±2.1% / ±193)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 26,331 (±0.3% / ±1,201)

Housing

2,542 ±143 Number of housing units
  • the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 18,322 ±44
  • Nebraska: 863,444 ±628

$155,200 ±$27,682 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: $210,600 ±$8,897
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nebraska: $238,600 ±$1,365

1.5% ±1.4% (109  ±104.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 8.6% † 3,855 (±1.7% / ±771.7)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 13.2% 257,994 (±0.3% / ±5,628.5)

Social

71.1% ±9.8% (3,125  ±464.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 87.9% 25,558 (±3.6% / ±1,044.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Nebraska: 92.2% 1,198,824 (±0.6% / ±7,286.7)
11.5% ±3.3% (504  ±148.2) 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)

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

40.3% ±6.6% (3,007  ±501) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 16.2% 7,325
  • more than double the rate in Nebraska: 8% 159,084

6.2% ±4.4% (317  ±226) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, NE Micro Area: 5.4% † 1,766 (±0.9% / ±307)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 6.9% 102,710 (±0.1% / ±1,710)
317 Total veterans ±226 308 Male ±224 9 Female ±15

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