Saline County, Nebraska

Saline County has a population of 14,650 and has grown 1.6% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $197,400, about 2.5 times the county's median household income of $79,910.

Home price
$197,400
Income
$79,910
Population
14,650
Unemployment
2.9%

Housing

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

Median home price$197,400county
Median gross rent$914county
Median year homes here were built1964county
Share of homes built before 198075.1%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile4.6%county
Share of homes that are vacant11.3%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented24.1%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.9%county
Typical monthly rent$1,392(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$961county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$732county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,337county
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$79,910county
Family health premium / yr$23,696(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$14,106(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.842(statewide)
Poverty rate8.9%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 home4.5%county
Unemployment rate2.9%county
Share of adults in the labor force68.4%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.4%county
Share of workers employed by government15.6%county
Share of workers in the largest industry23.5%county
Economic output per resident$88,293county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate1.35%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 time21.5 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service23 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport129968county
Miles to nearest general aviation field5.5 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 station23 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.2%county
Traffic deaths20.5county
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 higher21.8%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher82.3%county
Public schools in the county12county
Public school enrollment3333county
Students per full-time teacher14.5county
Free lunch eligible55.4%county
Elementary schools5county
Middle schools2county
High schools4county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public0.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution5.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians42county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4(statewide)
Fine particulate matter7.0 µgcounty
Without health insurance9.7%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year15.6%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year10.0%county
Frequent mental distress14.2%county
No leisure-time physical activity30.6%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.3%county

Place

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

Population14,650county
Land area in square miles574county
People per square mile of land25.5county
Supermarkets and grocery stores7county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store15.5%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+1.6%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents5county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents3county
Median age37.3 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1826.1%county
Share of residents 65 and over15.4%county
Share of households that are one person21.2%county
Share of residents born outside the United States17.1%county
Second languages28.5%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls47.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents189county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-7county
Households that moved in333county
Households that moved away387county
Average income of arriving households$52,778county
Average income of departing households$49,630county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes6county
Housing units authorised in the latest year34county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings35.3%county
Violent crime rate221(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature53°Fcounty
Annual precipitation28.6 incounty
Annual snowfall24.1 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.31 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F30 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing115 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5bcounty
Frost-free days179 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 22county
Average first fall frostOct 17county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$146county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh9.6¢county
Household electricity use1,518 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$15.40(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity35.1%county
Homes heated by utility gas46.9%county
Homes heated by propane13.3%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.2%county
Homes heated by wood3.0%county
Households with broadband84.6%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk38.6county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk77.9county
Landslide risk10.7county
Hail risk94.2county
Earthquake risk18.0county
Tornado risk69.0county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk18.0county
Winter weather risk77.0county
Strong wind risk84.1county
Wildfire risk68.9county

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 Saline 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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