Douglas County, Nebraska

Douglas County has a population of 590,736 and has grown 3.8% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $266,100, about 3.3 times the county's median household income of $80,391.

Home price
$266,100
Income
$80,391
Population
590,736
Unemployment
3.8%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$266,100county
Median gross rent$1,201county
Median year homes here were built1977county
Share of homes built before 198054.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile0.9%county
Share of homes that are vacant5.2%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented38.5%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.5%county
Typical monthly rent$1,448county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,368county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,148county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,813county
Home insurance / yr$4,553(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living92.6(statewide)
Median household income$80,391county
Family health premium / yr$23,696(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$14,106(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.842(statewide)
Poverty rate11.8%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home16.1%county
Unemployment rate3.8%county
Share of adults in the labor force70.2%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.7%county
Share of workers employed by government12.1%county
Share of workers in the largest industry25.0%county
Economic output per resident$124,879county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate1.69%county
Top state income tax4.55%(statewide)
Capital gains tax4.55%(statewide)
Combined sales tax6.98%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time20.0 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service9.6 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport2583212county
Miles to nearest general aviation field5.1 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network1county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station7.4 micounty
Households without a vehicle6.8%county
Traffic deaths27.3county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,0004.5(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher42.1%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher91.4%county
Public schools in the county173county
Public school enrollment98640county
Students per full-time teacher16.2county
Free lunch eligible36.5%(statewide)
Elementary schools119county
Middle schools28county
High schools19county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above8county
Share of local colleges that are public25.0%county
Two-year institutions4county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution1.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians109county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county12county
Hospitals here with an emergency department8county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter7.3 µgcounty
Without health insurance8.3%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year13.1%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year9.0%county
Frequent mental distress14.3%county
No leisure-time physical activity24.7%county
Diagnosed diabetes10.5%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population590,736county
Land area in square miles327county
People per square mile of land1809.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores97county
Convenience stores20county
Share living far from a food store12.3%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract2.4%county
Population change since 2020+3.8%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents5county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents4county
Median age35.6 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1825.3%county
Share of residents 65 and over14.1%county
Share of households that are one person32.9%county
Share of residents born outside the United States10.6%county
Second languages16.5%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls51.4%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents78county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-1county
Households that moved in14,272county
Households that moved away14,668county
Average income of arriving households$64,467county
Average income of departing households$73,879county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes16county
Housing units authorised in the latest year3,963county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings56.0%county
Violent crime rate221(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature52.6°Fcounty
Annual precipitation31.5 incounty
Annual snowfall27.7 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.16 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F19 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing115 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5bcounty
Frost-free days180 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 20county
Average first fall frostOct 18county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$109county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh12.4¢county
Household electricity use885 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$15.40(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity25.3%county
Homes heated by utility gas72.0%county
Homes heated by propane1.5%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.1%county
Households with broadband92.2%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk95.1county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk62.1county
Landslide risk80.8county
Hail risk99.5county
Earthquake risk52.7county
Tornado risk99.4county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk97.5county
Winter weather risk98.3county
Strong wind risk99.5county
Wildfire risk88.8county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Douglas County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Nebraska figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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