Lincoln, NE - Profile Data - Census Reporter

300,626 Population 100 square miles 3,007.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Age

33.9 ±0.4 Median age

• about the same as the figure in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 34.5 ±0.3
• about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 37.4 ±0.2

Sex

Race & Ethnicity

Income

$38,653 ±$1,951 Per capita income

• a little less than the amount in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: $39,655 ±$1,795
• a little less than the amount in Nebraska: $41,026 ±$641

$72,008 ±$4,231 Median household income

• a little less than the amount in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: $74,935 ±$3,337
• a little less than the amount in Nebraska: $76,376 ±$1,384

Poverty

13.4% ±1.8% (38,414 ±5,027) Persons below poverty line

• about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 12.4% † 41,509 (±1.5% / ±5,159)
• about 25 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 10.9% 212,793 (±0.6% / ±11,375)

Transportation to work

19.2 minutes ±1 (2,811,755 ±160,686) Mean travel time to work

• a little less than the figure in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 20 3,385,360 (±0.9 / ±173,704)
• a little less than the figure in Nebraska: 19.9 18,578,820 (±0.3 / ±366,712)

Households

127,640 ±1,736 Number of households

• the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 146,302 ±1,841
• Nebraska: 824,012 ±4,590

2.2 ±0 (286,197 ±503) Persons per household

• a little less than the figure in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 2.3 335,959 (±0 / ±1,462)
• a little less than the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,957,677

Marital status

Fertility

6% ±1.9% (4,654 ±1,438) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

• about the same as the rate in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 6% † 5,342 (±1.7% / ±1,484)
• a little less than the rate in Nebraska: 6.4% 29,564 (±0.6% / ±2,914)

Units & Occupancy

133,537 ±1,025 Number of housing units

• the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 152,657 ±576
• Nebraska: 880,521 ±737

Value

$278,200 ±$7,399 Median value of owner-occupied housing units

• a little less than the amount in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: $287,200 ±$7,104
• a little higher than the amount in Nebraska: $263,100 ±$3,117

Geographical mobility

17.5% ±1.9% (51,752 ±5,494.5) Moved since previous year

• about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 16.3% † 56,712 (±1.7% / ±5,802)
• about 1.3 times the rate in Nebraska: 13.1% 259,949 (±0.6% / ±12,627.5)

Educational attainment

93.6% ±3.3% (178,179 ±6,500.3) High school grad or higher

• about the same as the rate in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 94% 208,972 (±3.1% / ±6,882.3)
• about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 92.7% 1,229,269 (±1.2% / ±15,848.6)

44.6% ±2.2% (84,955 ±4,269.2) Bachelor's degree or higher

• about the same as the rate in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 43.9% 97,640 (±2% / ±4,514.4)
• about 25 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 35.4% 469,144 (±0.7% / ±9,682.2)

Language

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

Place of birth

10.2% ±1.4% (30,543 ±4,077) Foreign-born population

• about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 9.1% † 31,961 (±1.2% / ±4,120)
• about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 9% 180,857

Veteran status

5.5% ±0.8% (13,024 ±1,765) Population with veteran status

• about the same as the rate in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 5.6% † 15,304 (±0.7% / ±1,941)
• about 90 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 6.4% 97,319 (±0.3% / ±4,909)

13,024 Total veterans ±1,765 11,731 Male ±1,612 1,293 Female ±595

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