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Wheeler Central Schools, NE

896 Population
601 square miles 1.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49 ±11.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wheeler County: 54.3 † ±7.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Nebraska: 37.2 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,655 ±$9,301 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Wheeler County: $43,809 † ±$9,496
  • about the same as the amount in Nebraska: $41,751 ±$384
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$72,969 ±$9,869 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Wheeler County: $70,250 † ±$12,189
  • a little less than the amount in Nebraska: $76,475 ±$633
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.8% ±1.7% (43  ±17) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wheeler County: 5.2% † 44 (±1.6% / ±15)
  • about half the rate in Nebraska: 10.6% 204,630 (±0.3% / ±5,789)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.2 minutes ±2.2 (8,045  ±1,857) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Wheeler County: 18.4 † 7,450 (±2.3 / ±1,590)
  • a little less than the figure in Nebraska: 19.2 17,325,040 (±0.1 / ±147,565)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

360 ±39 Number of households
  • Wheeler County: 359 † ±40
  • Nebraska: 797,847 ±2,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (896  ±146) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Wheeler County: 2.4 847 (±0.2 / ±123)
  • a little higher than the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,931,011
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.3% ±3.2% (4  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Wheeler County: 3.5% † 4 (±3.3% / ±4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 26,331 (±0.3% / ±1,201)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

595 ±50 Number of housing units
  • Wheeler County: 588 ±44
  • Nebraska: 863,444 ±628
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$146,500 ±$32,108 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Wheeler County: $146,500 † ±$31,557
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Nebraska: $238,600 ±$1,365
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.5% ±5% (67  ±46) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Wheeler County: 8% † 67 (±5.3% / ±46)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 13.2% 257,994 (±0.3% / ±5,628.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.8% ±2.2% (639  ±79.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wheeler County: 96.8% 632 (±1.6% / ±78.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 92.2% 1,198,824 (±0.6% / ±7,286.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
29.7% ±7% (196  ±51.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wheeler County: 30.3% † 198 (±6.9% / ±51)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 34.6% 449,651 (±0.3% / ±4,426.3)
  • about 80 percent 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

2.9% ±2.2% (26  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Wheeler County: 3.1% † 26 (±2.3% / ±20)
  • about one-third of the rate in Nebraska: 8% 159,084
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.3% ±4.4% (78  ±32) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wheeler County: 9.9% † 68 (±3.7% / ±27)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Nebraska: 6.9% 102,710 (±0.1% / ±1,710)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
78 Total veterans ±32 75 Male ±32 3 Female ±4

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