Duncan, Nebraska

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Population in July 2008: 348. Population change since 2000: -3.1%

Males: 194	(56.0%)
Females: 154	(44.0%)

Median resident age:	34.3 years
Nebraska median age:	35.3 years

Zip codes: 68634.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $49,490 (it was $36,932 in 2000)

Duncan:	$49,490
Nebraska:	$47,085

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $21,479

Duncan:	$21,479
Nebraska:	$24,174

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $95,795 (it was $64,100 in 2000)

Duncan:	$95,795
Nebraska:	$122,200

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $92,190; Detached houses: $91,852

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Races in Duncan:

White Non-Hispanic (95.8%)
Hispanic (2.2%)
Other race (1.7%)
Two or more races (1.7%)
American Indian (1.1%)

2008 cost of living index in Duncan: 73.1 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: Polish (35.9%), German (34.8%), Irish (11.1%), Swedish (8.1%), Czech (4.7%), Swiss (4.5%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Incorporated in 1913

Elevation: 1492 feet

Land area: 0.40 square miles.

Population density: 863 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Duncan

High school or higher: 77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.4%
Graduate or professional degree: 6.2%
Unemployed: 1.9%
Mean travel time to work: 25.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Duncan village

Never married: 17.8%
Now married: 65.6%
Separated: 0.0%
Widowed: 6.7%
Divorced: 10.0%

5 residents are foreign born

This village:	1.4%
Nebraska:	4.4%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this village in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Duncan:	1.7% ($1,078)
Nebraska:	1.7% ($1,478)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Lincoln, NE (58.6 miles , pop. 225,581).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (508.3 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Columbus, NE (2.8 miles ), Monroe, NE (2.8 miles ), Silver Creek, NE (3.2 miles ), Platte Center, NE (3.2 miles ), Genoa, NE (3.6 miles ), Bellwood, NE (3.7 miles ), Shelby, NE (3.7 miles ), Osceola, NE (3.9 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 2 buildings, average cost: $45,000
1997: 0 buildings
1998: 0 buildings
1999: 0 buildings
2000: 0 buildings
2001: 0 buildings
2002: 0 buildings
2003: 0 buildings
2004: 0 buildings
2005: 0 buildings
2006: 1 building, cost: $300,000
2007: 1 building, cost: $300,000
2008: 2 buildings, average cost: $138,500

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in $1000s)

Latitude: 41.39 N, Longitude: 97.50 W

Area code: 402

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Population change in the 1990s: -28 (-7.2%).

Most common industries for males (%):

Machinery (25%)
Construction (11%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
Transportation equipment (10%)
Truck transportation (6%)
Paper (5%)
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Machinery (22%)
Health care (11%)
Food and beverage stores (7%)
Educational services (7%)
Transportation equipment (6%)
Utilities (6%)
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Metal workers and plastic workers (16%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
Assemblers and fabricators (12%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
Farmers and farm managers (7%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Carpenters (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Assemblers and fabricators (10%)
Cashiers (9%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)

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Average climate in Duncan, Nebraska

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Duncan-area historical tornado activity is above Nebraska state average. It is 189% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/5/1964, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 12.0 miles away from the Duncan village center killed 4 people and injured 50 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 3/13/1990, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 26.0 miles away from the village center injured 8 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

Duncan-area historical earthquake activity is near Nebraska state average. It is 95% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 8/9/1997 at 17:46:03, a magnitude 3.4 (3.4 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 32.3 miles away from Duncan center
On 2/6/1996 at 15:10:28, a magnitude 3.6 (3.6 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 77.7 miles away from the city center
On 6/20/2002 at 04:29:40, a magnitude 3.5 (3.3 MB, 3.5 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 59.0 miles away from the city center
On 7/18/1990 at 02:47:03, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 76.1 miles away from Duncan center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Duncan:

COLUMBUS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; COLUMBUS, NE)
GENOA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; GENOA, NE)
ANNIE JEFFREY MEMORIAL CO HEALTH CTR (about 16 miles; OSCEOLA, NE)

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Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Duncan:

NORTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 37 miles; NORFOLK, NE; Full-time enrollment: 2,732)
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT LINCOLN (about 58 miles; LINCOLN, NE; FT enrollment: 19,806)
SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE AREA (about 62 miles; LINCOLN, NE; FT enrollment: 5,137)
WAYNE STATE COLLEGE (about 63 miles; WAYNE, NE; FT enrollment: 3,026)
CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 64 miles; GRAND ISLAND, NE; FT enrollment: 3,730)
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA (about 70 miles; OMAHA, NE; FT enrollment: 10,150)
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY (about 70 miles; OMAHA, NE; FT enrollment: 5,806)

Public elementary/middle school in Duncan:

Duncan Elementary School (Students: 37; Location: 510 6th Street Box 197; Grades: Prekindergarten - 6th Grade)

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Notable locations in Duncan: Husker Co-op Elevator (A), Duncan (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Church in Duncan: Saint Stanislaus Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Park in Duncan: Duncan 1871-1971 Historical Marker (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Post office: Duncan Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Drinking water stations with addresses in Duncan and their reported violations in the past:

DUNCAN, VILLAGE OF (Population served: 395, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUL-2004, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St AO (w/o penalty) issued (OCT-31-2003), St Public Notif requested (JUL-27-2004), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUL-27-2004), St Public Notif received (AUG-20-2004), St Compliance achieved (FEB-01-2005)

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In OCT-2003, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (OCT-31-2003), St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-31-2003), St AO (w/o penalty) issued (OCT-31-2003), St Public Notif received (DEC-10-2003), St Compliance achieved (FEB-01-2005)

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In OCT-2002, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (NOV-08-2002), St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-08-2002), St Public Notif received (2 times from JAN-05-2003 to JAN-07-2003), St AO (w/o penalty) issued (OCT-31-2003), St Compliance achieved (FEB-01-2005)

MCL, Average - Between JAN-2002 and MAR-2002, Contaminant: Nitrate-Nitrite

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In DEC-2001, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JAN-10-2002), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-10-2002), St Public Notif received (JAN-12-2002)

MCL, Average - Between JAN-2000 and MAR-2000, Contaminant: Nitrate-Nitrite. Follow-up actions: St AO (w/o penalty) issued (MAY-06-1997), St Compliance achieved (2 times from JUL-02-2004 to JUL-10-2004)

11 other older health violations

Past monitoring violations:

Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In JAN-2004, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St AO (w/o penalty) issued (OCT-31-2003), St Public Notif requested (FEB-13-2004), St Violation/Reminder Notice (FEB-13-2004), St Public Notif received (FEB-27-2004), St Compliance achieved (FEB-01-2005)

PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between OCT-13-2003 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice

Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In SEP-2003, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (OCT-24-2003), St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-24-2003), St AO (w/o penalty) issued (OCT-31-2003), St Public Notif received (MAR-19-2004), St Compliance achieved (FEB-01-2005)

PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between JUN-14-2003 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice

CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-2001 and NOV-2001, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUL-25-2001), St Compliance achieved (NOV-28-2001)

4 routine major monitoring violations

One regular monitoring violation

One other older monitoring violation

Average household size:

This village:	2.6 people
Nebraska:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This village:	67.4%
Whole state:	66.6%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This village:	5.1%
Whole state:	4.4%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This village:	5.7%
Whole state:	9.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This village:	2.0%
Whole state:	4.0%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Duncan, NE

Duncan compared to Nebraska state average:

Median house value below state average.
Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage below state average.
Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
House age significantly above state average.
Number of college students below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Duncan mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Platte County Nebraska:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Electricity (46%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%) Utility gas (9%) Other fuel (5%) Wood (2%)

Religion statistics for Duncan

Adherents

Name	Catholic Church	Lutheran Church	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	United Methodist Church	United Church of Christ
Adherents	53.8%	16.0%	11.8%	5.4%	4.1%
Congregations	19.0%	14.3%	14.3%	7.1%	4.8%

Name	Presbyterian Church (USA)	Evangelical Free Church of America	American Baptist Churches in the USA	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Other religions
Adherents	1.8%	1.7%	0.9%	0.8%	3.6%
Congregations	2.4%	2.4%	4.8%	2.4%	28.6%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Other Government Administration	0	$0		6	$840
Sewerage	0	$0		1	$200
Water Supply	0	$0		1	$350
Totals for Government	0	$0		8	$1,390

Duncan government finances in 2002:

Charges - All Other: $10,000
Parks & Recreation: $0
Current Operations - Central Staff Services: $23,000
Financial Administration: $18,000

Sewerage: $16,000

Regular Highways: $15,000

Water Utilities: $13,000

Police Protection: $7,000

Fire Protection: $5,000

General Public Buildings: $4,000

Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $1,000
Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $2,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $16,000
Interest Earnings: $1,000
Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $148,000
Parks & Recreation: $5,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $70,000
Revenue - Water Utilities: $13,000
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $34,000
All Other: $8,000

General Support: $1,000
Tax - Property: $23,000
Public Utilities: $16,000

NEC: $8,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $37,000

5.71% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,631 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.71%
Nebraska average:	7.03%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Lancaster County, NE	0.54% ($25,738 average AGI)
from Colfax County, NE	0.46% ($31,655)
from Madison County, NE	0.43% ($20,255)

6.56% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,256 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.56%
Nebraska average:	7.41%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Lancaster County, NE	1.15% ($25,345 average AGI)
to Douglas County, NE	0.79% ($30,726)
to Madison County, NE	0.37% ($33,182)

Strongest AM radio stations in Duncan:

KJSK (900 AM; 1 kW; COLUMBUS, NE; Owner: THREE EAGLES OF COLUMBUS, INC.)
KMMJ (750 AM; 11 kW; GRAND ISLAND, NE; Owner: JRK BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
KTTT (1510 AM; daytime; 1 kW; COLUMBUS, NE)
KFAB (1110 AM; 50 kW; OMAHA, NE; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
KOIL (1020 AM; 50 kW; PLATTSMOUTH, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
KKAR (1290 AM; 50 kW; OMAHA, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
KRVN (880 AM; 50 kW; LEXINGTON, NE; Owner: NEBRASKA RURAL RADIO ASSOCIATION)
KYDZ (1180 AM; 25 kW; BELLEVUE, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
KTIC (840 AM; daytime; 5 kW; WEST POINT, NE; Owner: WEST POINT BROADCASTING, INC.)
WHB (810 AM; 50 kW; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: UNION BROADCASTING, INC.)
KOMJ (590 AM; 5 kW; OMAHA, NE; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
KRGI (1430 AM; 5 kW; GRAND ISLAND, NE)
WHO (1040 AM; 50 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Duncan:

KZEN (100.3 FM; CENTRAL CITY, NE; Owner: THREE EAGLES OF COLUMBUS, INC.)
KLIR (101.1 FM; COLUMBUS, NE; Owner: THREE EAGLES OF COLUMBUS, INC.)
KKOT (93.5 FM; COLUMBUS, NE; Owner: THREE EAGLES OF COLUMBUS, INC)
KNEN (94.7 FM; NORFOLK, NE; Owner: CENTRAL RADIO, INC.)
KEXL (106.7 FM; NORFOLK, NE; Owner: WJAG, INC.)
KTMX (104.9 FM; YORK, NE; Owner: PRAIRIE STATES BROADCASTING, INC.)
KTLX (91.9 FM; COLUMBUS, NE; Owner: TLC EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION)
K212AV (90.3 FM; COLUMBUS, NE; Owner: NEBRASKA EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMM.)

TV broadcast stations around Duncan:

K21ES (Channel 21; COLUMBUS, ETC, NE; Owner: DAVID C. BRODAHL)
K54EU (Channel 54; COLUMBUS-FREMONT, NE; Owner: GLENDA R. HARDERS)
K57HV (Channel 57; COLUMBUS, NE; Owner: PAPPAS TELECASTING OF THE MIDLANDS, A CA LIMITED P/SHIP)
KOLN (Channel 10; LINCOLN, NE; Owner: KOLN/KGIN LICENSE, INC.)
K48FF (Channel 48; COLUMBUS, ETC, NE; Owner: DAVID F. HARDERS)
KUON-TV (Channel 12; LINCOLN, NE; Owner: THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA)
K53GH (Channel 53; COLUMBUS, ETC., NE; Owner: MARY E. HARDERS)
K40FH (Channel 46; COLUMBUS, ETC., NE; Owner: DAVID F. HARDERS)
K28EN (Channel 28; COLUMBUS-FREMONT, NE; Owner: GLENDA R. HARDERS)
K28FS (Channel 28; FREMONT & OMAHA, NE; Owner: DAVID F. HARDERS)
K47FK (Channel 39; COLUMBUS-FREMONT, NE; Owner: ROGER E. HARDERS)
K49FP (Channel 49; COLUMBUS-FREMONT, NE; Owner: GLENDA R. HARDERS)

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 1

Call Sign: KA0FSF, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01029614
Grant Date: 06/14/2005, Expiration Date: 05/01/2015, Certifier: Harold E Ksiazek
Registrant: Harold E Ksiazek, Box 203, Duncan, NE 68634

2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:

Fire: 9

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