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High Plains Community Schools, NE

1,782 Population
221.7 square miles 8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±3.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Merrick County: 43.2 ±0.6
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 37.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,267 ±$4,340 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Merrick County: $37,170 † ±$4,130
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $41,751 ±$384
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,333 ±$10,370 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Merrick County: $68,354 † ±$7,261
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $76,475 ±$633
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.7% ±3.3% (173  ±60) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Merrick County: 7.9% † 601 (±2% / ±148)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 10.6% 204,630 (±0.3% / ±5,789)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.3 minutes ±0.9 (21,380  ±3,151) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Merrick County: 21.4 79,195 (±2 / ±8,920)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Nebraska: 19.2 17,325,040 (±0.1 / ±147,565)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

758 ±74 Number of households
  • Merrick County: 3,205 ±127
  • Nebraska: 797,847 ±2,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (1,782  ±165) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Merrick County: 2.4 7,585 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • a little less than the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,931,011
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

14.8% ±7.1% (55  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Merrick County: 4.7% † 71 (±2.2% / ±34)
  • more than double the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 26,331 (±0.3% / ±1,201)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

983 ±96 Number of housing units
  • Merrick County: 3,598 ±24
  • Nebraska: 863,444 ±628
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$152,900 ±$24,756 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Merrick County: $175,900 ±$10,564
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nebraska: $238,600 ±$1,365
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11% ±5% (192  ±88.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Merrick County: 9% † 688 (±2.7% / ±204.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 13.2% 257,994 (±0.3% / ±5,628.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.1% ±3.4% (1,214  ±110.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Merrick County: 91.3% 4,994 (±5.5% / ±307.6)
  • a little higher than 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)
12.9% ±3% (165  ±40.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Merrick County: 18.3% † 1,001 (±2.5% / ±139.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 34.6% 449,651 (±0.3% / ±4,426.3)
  • about one-third 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

4.2% ±2.6% (74  ±46) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Merrick County: 2.2% 172
  • about half the rate in Nebraska: 8% 159,084
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.9% ±2.3% (121  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Merrick County: 8.1% † 483 (±1.7% / ±102)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Nebraska: 6.9% 102,710 (±0.1% / ±1,710)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
121 Total veterans ±33 107 Male ±31 14 Female ±12

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