Buffalo County, Nebraska (NE)

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• • 42,835101.4%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 4,47810.6%Hispanic or Latino
  • 7951.9%Two or more races
  • 6951.6%Asian alone
  • 5331.3%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 590.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 40.01%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2017:

Detached houses: $209,266

Here:	$209,266
State:	$190,034

Townhouses or other attached units: $200,776

Here:	$200,776
State:	$194,932

In 2-unit structures: $125,115

Here:	$125,115
State:	$113,855

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $143,857

Here:	$143,857
State:	$149,016

Mobile homes: $63,870

Here:	$63,870
State:	$81,421

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 2
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 7
• Burglaries: 42
• Thefts: 185
• Auto thefts: 20

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 6
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 17
• Burglaries: 51
• Thefts: 143
• Auto thefts: 14

Health of residents in Buffalo County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2017: $2,796 (1.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2017: $2,186 (1.5%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Buffalo County is $442 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $582 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $792 a month.

Cities in this county include: Kearney, Gibbon, Ravenna, Shelton, Elm Creek, Glenwood, Pleasanton, Amherst, Riverdale, Miller.

Neighboring counties: Adams County , Clay County , Fillmore County , Grundy County, Illinois , Northumberland County, Pennsylvania , Louisa County, Iowa , York County .

Current college students: 5,852
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 94.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 34.8%

Number of foreign born residents: 2,310 (38.5% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 6052010 or later
• 7002000 to 2009
• 6441990 to 1999
• 3391980 to 1989
• 1261970 to 1979
• 110Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 15.6 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 91.2%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 13,667
• One, attached: 987
• Two: 633
• 3 or 4: 1,130
• 5 to 9: 1,188
• 10 to 19: 720
• 20 to 49: 552
• 50 or more: 311
• Mobile homes: 1,180
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6

Housing units in Buffalo County with a mortgage: 7,113 (81 second mortgage, 592 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,963

Religion statistics for Buffalo County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Buffalo County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Nebraska Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: June 19, 2011 to June 21, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4014: August 12, 2011, FEMA Id: 4014, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Nebraska Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: June 01, 2010 to August 29, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1924: July 15, 2010, FEMA Id: 1924, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Nebraska Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 22, 2008 to June 24, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1770: June 20, 2008, FEMA Id: 1770, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Nebraska Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: May 28, 2007 to June 02, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1714: July 24, 2007, FEMA Id: 1714, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Nebraska Severe Winter Storms, Incident Period: December 19, 2006 to January 01, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1674: January 07, 2007, FEMA Id: 1674, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Nebraska Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3245: September 13, 2005, FEMA Id: 3245, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Nebraska Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: May 11, 2005 to May 12, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1590: June 23, 2005, FEMA Id: 1590, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Nebraska Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding, Incident Period: May 20, 2004 to June 01, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1517: May 25, 2004, FEMA Id: 1517, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Nebraska Severe Snow Storms, Incident Period: October 24, 1997 to October 26, 1997, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1190: November 01, 1997, FEMA Id: 1190, Natural disaster type: Storm, Snow
• Nebraska Snow Storm, Ice Storm, Incident Period: April 10, 1994 to April 13, 1994, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1027: May 09, 1994, FEMA Id: 1027, Natural disaster type: Ice Storm, Storm, Snow
• 4 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.44% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($40,944 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.55% relocated from other counties in Nebraska ($27,129 average AGI)
1.89% relocated from other states ($13,815 average AGI)

Buffalo County:	1.89%
Nebraska average:	2.81%

from Hall County, NE	0.56% ($37,000 average AGI)
from Dawson County, NE	0.50% ($42,143)
from Kearney County, NE	0.49% ($33,685)
from Lancaster County, NE	0.41% ($41,467)
from Douglas County, NE	0.28% ($48,373)
from Phelps County, NE	0.24% ($32,364)
from Adams County, NE	0.23% ($42,333)

7.20% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($48,302 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.76% relocated to other counties in Nebraska ($26,601 average AGI)
2.44% relocated to other states ($21,701 average AGI)

Buffalo County:	2.44%
Nebraska average:	2.97%

to Lancaster County, NE	0.86% ($49,133 average AGI)
to Kearney County, NE	0.52% ($40,937)
to Hall County, NE	0.51% ($32,149)
to Douglas County, NE	0.47% ($46,186)
to Dawson County, NE	0.31% ($37,875)
to Adams County, NE	0.24% ($28,227)
to Phelps County, NE	0.22% ($41,707)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 14.6

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 7.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 7.5

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.1

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Buffalo County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 36,659 (6,136 male householders, 5,603 female householders)

  9,698 spouses, 12,623 children (11,728 natural, 308 adopted, 588 stepchildren), 552 grandchildren, 367 brothers or sisters, 199 parents, 365 other relatives, 1,108 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 10,515 (3,612 male householders (2,570 living alone)), 3,722 female householders (2,774 living alone)), 3,212 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 2,334

Size of family households: 5,362 2-persons, 2,187 3-persons, 2,293 4-persons, 1,128 5-persons, 460 6-persons, 313 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 5,349 1-person, 1,409 2-persons, 343 3-persons, 149 4-persons, 74 5-persons, 7 6-persons.

8,186 married couples with children.
2,282 single-parent households (507 men, 1,775 women).

91.5% of residents of Buffalo speak English at home.
5.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (83% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $188,780,000 ($4,349 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $8,214,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $81,707,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $36,297,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $15,452,000
Federal grants: $39,555,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,857,000 ($43,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $13,912,000 ($5,452,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,328,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $14,266,000
Federal Government insurance: $95,169,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-7 per 1000 residents
State:	-15 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 8.73 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Buffalo County, Nebraska
• 8582014 or later
• 6512010 to 2013
• 2,3592000 to 2009
• 3,0021990 to 1999
• 2,6521980 to 1989
• 4,3091970 to 1979
• 1,8331960 to 1969
• 1,0491950 to 1959
• 8691940 to 1949
• 3,1261939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Buffalo County, Nebraska

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Buffalo County, Nebraska
• 191 room
• 02 rooms
• 1803 rooms
• 8774 rooms
• 1,5845 rooms
• 2,0236 rooms
• 1,7677 rooms
• 1,9748 rooms
• 3,6499+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Buffalo County, Nebraska
• 1131 room
• 4612 rooms
• 1,1923 rooms
• 2,0384 rooms
• 1,3495 rooms
• 8446 rooms
• 4167 rooms
• 1578 rooms
• 3959+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Buffalo County, Nebraska

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Buffalo County, Nebraska
• 25no bedroom
• 1051 bedroom
• 2,0282 bedrooms
• 5,1103 bedrooms
• 3,1414 bedrooms
• 1,7165+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Buffalo County, Nebraska
• 127no bedroom
• 1,6531 bedroom
• 2,5222 bedrooms
• 2,1153 bedrooms
• 4634 bedrooms
• 1295+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Buffalo County, Nebraska in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Buffalo County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 259no vehicle
• 1,9991 vehicle
• 5,5652 vehicles
• 2,7433 vehicles
• 1,0834 vehicles
• 4415+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Buffalo County in renter-occupied apartments
• 584no vehicle
• 2,9861 vehicle
• 2,2292 vehicles
• 8373 vehicles
• 2864 vehicles
• 835+ vehicles

75.9% of Buffalo County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Nebraska.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 36,527
• Other state: 10,351
• Northeast: 725
• Midwest: 4,457
• South: 1,651
• West: 3,518

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 394
• Number of aged recipients: 30
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 364
• Number of recipients under 18: 79
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 263
• Number of recipients older than 64: 52
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 151
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 161