Pawnee County, Nebraska

Pawnee County has a population of 2,530 and has shrunk 1.4% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $79,400, about 1.3 times the county's median household income of $62,188.

Home price
$79,400
Income
$62,188
Population
2,530
Unemployment
2.2%

Housing

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

Median home price$79,400county
Median gross rent$706county
Median year homes here were built1952county
Share of homes built before 198080.7%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile5.3%county
Share of homes that are vacant22.6%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented19.8%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use6.0%county
Typical monthly rent$1,392(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$961county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$753county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,152county
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$62,188county
Family health premium / yr$23,696(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$14,106(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.842(statewide)
Poverty rate13.5%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 home13.1%county
Unemployment rate2.2%county
Share of adults in the labor force54.7%county
Share of workers who are self-employed14.9%county
Share of workers employed by government22.0%county
Share of workers in the largest industry21.8%county
Economic output per resident$55,702county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate1.52%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 time22.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service58 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport129968county
Miles to nearest general aviation field1.5 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station55 micounty
Households without a vehicle5.8%county
Traffic deaths0.0county
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 higher21.2%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher85.6%county
Public schools in the county4county
Public school enrollment468county
Students per full-time teacher10.0county
Free lunch eligible36.5%(statewide)
Elementary schools2county
Middle schools0county
High schools2county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution33 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians39county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4(statewide)
Fine particulate matter7.3 µgcounty
Without health insurance13.0%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year13.1%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year10.3%county
Frequent mental distress13.5%county
No leisure-time physical activity32.0%county
Diagnosed diabetes14.4%county

Place

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

Population2,530county
Land area in square miles431county
People per square mile of land5.9county
Supermarkets and grocery stores0county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store35.7%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract100.0%county
Population change since 2020-1.4%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-4county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age44.9 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1824.5%county
Share of residents 65 and over28.4%county
Share of households that are one person37.9%county
Share of residents born outside the United States0.9%county
Second languages8.7%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls42.5%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents590county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents2county
Households that moved in49county
Households that moved away71county
Average income of arriving households$39,163county
Average income of departing households$45,676county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes5county
Housing units authorised in the latest year7county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings47.0%(statewide)
Violent crime rate221(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature53.2°Fcounty
Annual precipitation30.8 incounty
Annual snowfall12.2 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.28 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F22 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing115 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6acounty
Frost-free days175 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 21county
Average first fall frostOct 13county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$105county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh11.5¢county
Household electricity use911 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$15.40(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity30.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas28.8%county
Homes heated by propane28.9%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.4%county
Homes heated by wood9.5%county
Households with broadband79.9%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk7.6county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk53.4county
Landslide risk37.4county
Hail risk50.2county
Earthquake risk5.8county
Tornado risk28.2county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk27.2county
Winter weather risk29.8county
Strong wind risk15.6county
Wildfire risk78.9county

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 Pawnee 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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