Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Chadron Public Schools, NE

6,552 Population
718.6 square miles 9.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

32.2 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dawes County: 35.8 ±2.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 37.2 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,739 ±$3,009 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Dawes County: $32,306 ±$2,548
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Nebraska: $41,751 ±$384
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,520 ±$4,539 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Dawes County: $56,280 ±$5,544
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nebraska: $76,475 ±$633
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.9% ±4.4% (865  ±258) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dawes County: 13.1% † 965 (±3.5% / ±260)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Nebraska: 10.6% 204,630 (±0.3% / ±5,789)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

13.6 minutes ±2.5 (44,475  ±9,230) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dawes County: 15.6 † 60,690 (±2.4 / ±10,572)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Nebraska: 19.2 17,325,040 (±0.1 / ±147,565)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,756 ±233 Number of households
  • Dawes County: 3,453 ±216
  • Nebraska: 797,847 ±2,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (5,775  ±258) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Dawes County: 2.1 7,335 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,931,011
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.2% ±1.7% (22  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Dawes County: 1.3% † 27 (±1.5% / ±31)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 26,331 (±0.3% / ±1,201)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,202 ±137 Number of housing units
  • Dawes County: 4,037 ±21
  • Nebraska: 863,444 ±628
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$164,100 ±$17,021 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Dawes County: $150,900 † ±$44,669
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nebraska: $238,600 ±$1,365
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.7% ±5% (1,224  ±328.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dawes County: 17.5% † 1,421 (±4.4% / ±360.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Nebraska: 13.2% 257,994 (±0.3% / ±5,628.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.9% ±11.1% (3,805  ±482.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dawes County: 95.9% 4,975 (±9.4% / ±498.2)
  • 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)
37.7% ±7.3% (1,510  ±302.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Dawes County: 36.2% † 1,879 (±6.1% / ±320.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 34.6% 449,651 (±0.3% / ±4,426.3)
  • a little higher than 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

1.2% ±1.3% (78  ±86) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Dawes County: 1% 78
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Nebraska: 8% 159,084
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.9% ±2.1% (209  ±111) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Dawes County: 5.5% † 365 (±1.8% / ±121)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 6.9% 102,710 (±0.1% / ±1,710)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
209 Total veterans ±111 209 Male ±111 N/A Female ±15

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.