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Kearney Public Schools, NE

39,714 Population
205 square miles 193.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Buffalo County: 35.1 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 37.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,029 ±$1,832 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Buffalo County: $38,628 ±$1,574
  • a little less than the amount in Nebraska: $41,751 ±$384
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,328 ±$4,335 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Buffalo County: $75,911 ±$3,710
  • about the same as the amount in Nebraska: $76,475 ±$633
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.1% ±1.6% (4,154  ±602) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Buffalo County: 9.9% † 4,768 (±1.2% / ±591)
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 10.6% 204,630 (±0.3% / ±5,789)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.6 minutes ±0.7 (303,610  ±17,990) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Buffalo County: 16 416,765 (±0.6 / ±18,632)
  • about three-quarters 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

15,969 ±319 Number of households
  • Buffalo County: 19,984 ±267
  • Nebraska: 797,847 ±2,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (37,491  ±565) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Buffalo County: 2.4 48,290 (±0 / ±39)
  • 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

5% ±1.9% (495  ±194) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Buffalo County: 5.4% † 661 (±1.7% / ±209)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 26,331 (±0.3% / ±1,201)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

16,803 ±273 Number of housing units
  • Buffalo County: 21,286 ±74
  • Nebraska: 863,444 ±628
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$258,200 ±$9,369 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Buffalo County: $246,400 ±$7,017
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Nebraska: $238,600 ±$1,365
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.4% ±1.9% (7,238  ±740.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Buffalo County: 16.5% 8,250 (±1.5% / ±768)
  • 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

94.3% ±4% (23,475  ±1,052.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Buffalo County: 93.8% 29,776 (±3.4% / ±1,072.2)
  • about the same as 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)
37.2% ±2.7% (9,266  ±677.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Buffalo County: 34.4% 10,908 (±2.2% / ±686.7)
  • 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

5.3% ±0.8% (2,088  ±304) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Buffalo County: 4.8% 2,444
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nebraska: 8% 159,084
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.7% ±0.9% (1,788  ±288) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Buffalo County: 6% † 2,349 (±0.8% / ±309)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 6.9% 102,710 (±0.1% / ±1,710)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,788 Total veterans ±288 1,535 Male ±262 253 Female ±166

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