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Gering Public Schools, NE

10,872 Population
177 square miles 61.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Scotts Bluff County: 39.8 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 37.1 ±0.2

Economics

$34,539 ±$2,529 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Scotts Bluff County: $34,209 ±$1,694
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $40,637 ±$365
$69,920 ±$9,364 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Scotts Bluff County: $60,960 ±$5,263
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $74,985 ±$575

13.9% ±3.7% (1,459  ±395) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Scotts Bluff County: 13.9% † 4,881 (±1.8% / ±618)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Nebraska: 10.3% 197,300 (±0.3% / ±5,207)

13.7 minutes ±1.1 (66,380  ±7,106) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Scotts Bluff County: 13.7 215,555 (±1 / ±17,102)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,371,744 (±0.1 / ±156,988)

Families

4,377 ±267 Number of households
  • Scotts Bluff County: 15,093 ±235
  • Nebraska: 786,885 ±2,232
2.4 ±0.2 (10,519  ±423) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Scotts Bluff County: 2.3 35,126 (±0 / ±19)
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,917,605

7.9% ±3.6% (191  ±89) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Scotts Bluff County: 6.7% † 507 (±1.6% / ±119)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 25,969 (±0.2% / ±1,093)

Housing

4,751 ±272 Number of housing units
  • Scotts Bluff County: 16,474 ±50
  • Nebraska: 855,631 ±245

$167,600 ±$13,287 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Scotts Bluff County: $161,400 ±$10,783
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Nebraska: $223,800 ±$1,268

16% ±3.2% (1,708  ±348.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Scotts Bluff County: 13.4% † 4,774 (±1.9% / ±673.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 13.6% 265,006 (±0.3% / ±5,825.9)

Social

90.8% ±6.1% (6,685  ±561.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Scotts Bluff County: 89.5% 21,794 (±3.6% / ±877.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 92.1% 1,188,000 (±0.5% / ±6,935.6)
26.9% ±4.2% (1,982  ±327.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Scotts Bluff County: 25.9% 6,308 (±2% / ±475.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 34.1% 440,234 (±0.3% / ±4,128.7)

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

3.9% ±1.8% (419  ±192) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Scotts Bluff County: 4% 1,451
  • about half the rate in Nebraska: 7.7% 151,436

7.7% ±1.9% (620  ±157) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Scotts Bluff County: 7.1% † 1,925 (±0.9% / ±244)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 7.2% 105,516 (±0.1% / ±1,797)
620 Total veterans ±157 544 Male ±142 76 Female ±59

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