Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

High Plains Community Schools, NE

1,746 Population
221.7 square miles 7.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

42.5 ±4.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Merrick County: 42.8 ±0.6
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 37.1 ±0.2

Economics

$33,855 ±$3,585 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Merrick County: $34,539 ±$3,253
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $40,637 ±$365
$58,036 ±$10,283 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Merrick County: $62,849 ±$5,004
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Nebraska: $74,985 ±$575

9.7% ±3.2% (169  ±58) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Merrick County: 8.7% † 661 (±2.3% / ±172)
  • a little less than the rate in Nebraska: 10.3% 197,300 (±0.3% / ±5,207)

25.4 minutes ±1.4 (21,410  ±3,020) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Merrick County: 20.6 77,025 (±1.9 / ±8,407)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,371,744 (±0.1 / ±156,988)

Families

728 ±71 Number of households
  • Merrick County: 3,210 ±103
  • Nebraska: 786,885 ±2,232
2.4 ±0.3 (1,746  ±144) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Merrick County: 2.4 7,557 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,917,605

16.9% ±6.9% (61  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Merrick County: 4.1% † 63 (±2.1% / ±32)
  • more than double the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 25,969 (±0.2% / ±1,093)

Housing

973 ±81 Number of housing units
  • Merrick County: 3,584 ±22
  • Nebraska: 855,631 ±245

$120,200 ±$22,009 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Merrick County: $168,000 ±$9,144
  • about half the amount in Nebraska: $223,800 ±$1,268

7.4% ±3.7% (126  ±64.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Merrick County: 10.8% † 824 (±2.9% / ±224.3)
  • about half the rate in Nebraska: 13.6% 265,006 (±0.3% / ±5,825.9)

Social

94.4% ±2.6% (1,155  ±104.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Merrick County: 92.4% 4,999 (±5.6% / ±307.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 92.1% 1,188,000 (±0.5% / ±6,935.6)
11.9% ±3.2% (146  ±40.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Merrick County: 17.6% † 950 (±2.4% / ±131.3)
  • about one-third 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

5.2% ±2.7% (91  ±48) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Merrick County: 2.3% 178
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nebraska: 7.7% 151,436

8.9% ±2.5% (120  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Merrick County: 7.9% † 471 (±1.7% / ±98)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 7.2% 105,516 (±0.1% / ±1,797)
120 Total veterans ±35 107 Male ±35 13 Female ±11

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.