Norfolk
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Outdoors in Norfolk
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1908
Congregational Church, 1908
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Hotel Norfolk
The Hotel Norfolk, at 108 N. Fourth St. in Norfolk, Nebraska, was completed in 1926. It includes Colonial Revival and Georgian Revival architecture. It has also been known as Madison Apartments and as the Kensington Building.
About Norfolk
City in NebraskaNorfolk is a city in Madison County, Nebraska, United States, 113 miles (182 km) northwest of Omaha and 76 miles southwest of Sioux City, Iowa, at the intersection of U.S. Routes 81 and 275. The population was 24,955 at the 2020 census, making it the seventh-most populous city in Nebraska. It is the principal city of the Norfolk Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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How Norfolk ranks
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Housing in Norfolk
The typical Norfolk home is worth about $259,000, up 4% in a year, 8% below the Nebraska typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Norfolk
Safety Grade B
Norfolk reports less crime per resident than 56% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Work & commute in Norfolk
Full picture →47% of Norfolk’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Omaha (6%), Lincoln (3%) and Columbus (2%). Half commute less than 3 miles.
Health in Norfolk
Health Grade B
Healthier than 64% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates, and 90% of towns with similar incomes.
Compared with Nebraska
No difference on any of 32 measures is outside the margin of error.
What stands out
Nothing stands out: Norfolk tracks Nebraska closely.
Care nearby
Natural hazards in Norfolk
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 74% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Norfolk
Full climate →Norfolk has cold winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 86°, a January night drops to 12°, and about 30 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Schools in Norfolk
All Norfolk schools →School Grade B-
The public schools Norfolk’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 54% of Nebraska’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within NE. Ratings are from neighbors.
Norfolk is a college town
Colleges →of Norfolk’s residents are enrolled in college. Northeast Community College has about 4,336 students on campus.
Norfolk’s library
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