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NENebraska rankings

Towns with the most children in Nebraska

Ranked by the share of residents under 18, a sign of family neighborhoods. 61 towns with 2,500+ residents.

U.S. Census ACS 2020–2024 5-year

Map of Offutt AFB 1 Offutt AFB 35.6% Median age 24.6 Map of Hickman 2 Hickman 35.1% Median age 33.2 Map of Lexington 3 Lexington 34.6% Median age 31.3
#TownUnder 18Median ageMedian income
1 Map of Offutt AFB Offutt AFB6,074 people 35.6% 24.6 $72,500
2 Map of Hickman Hickman3,004 people 35.1% 33.2 $104,375
3 Map of Lexington Lexington10,862 people 34.6% 31.3 $67,666
4 Map of Schuyler Schuyler6,578 people 33.4% 30.4 $80,399
5 Map of South Sioux City South Sioux City13,907 people 32.5% 30.5 $68,223
6 Map of Union UnionSaunders County · 2,563 people 32.4% 33.3 $110,282
7 Map of Waverly Waverly4,440 people 31.4% 38.6 $111,632
8 Gretna Gretna9,193 people 30.5% 36.3 $123,992
9 Map of Wahoo Wahoo4,929 people 28.8% 35.5 $89,457
10 Map of Grand Island Grand Island52,884 people 28.2% 34.7 $63,795
11 Broken Bow Broken Bow3,502 people 28.2% 36.6 $60,129
12 Map of Dakota City Dakota City2,675 people 27.3% 30.7 $76,806
13 Township 2Washington County · 3,195 people 27.2% 40.9 $115,529
14 Columbus Columbus24,488 people 26.5% 37.4 $64,626
15 Blair Blair7,914 people 26.4% 37.4 $81,452
16 Map of Crete Crete7,527 people 26.2% 33.2 $77,209
17 Map of Aurora Aurora4,664 people 26.2% 39.5 $77,679
18 Map of Minden Minden3,108 people 26.2% 38.6 $68,449
19 Nebraska City Nebraska City7,369 people 25.9% 38.8 $67,117
20 Map of Gering Gering8,550 people 25.5% 35.8 $75,093
21 St. Paul2,758 people 25.5% 42.5 $62,212
22 Township 7Washington County · 2,731 people 25.4% 40.4 $92,955
23 Map of Columbus ColumbusPlatte County · 3,313 people 25.2% 41.5 $97,848
24 Map of Fremont Fremont27,567 people 25.1% 37.5 $71,152
25 Map of O'Neill O'Neill3,570 people 25% 41.9 $56,510
26 Map of Falls City Falls City4,077 people 24.9% 40.4 $51,706
27 AshlandSaunders County · 3,071 people 24.9% 36.1 $89,408
28 David City David City3,017 people 24.9% 35.9 $65,573
29 Map of Omaha Omaha488,837 people 24.2% 35.3 $73,201
30 Bellevue64,510 people 24.2% 36.3 $85,462
31 Norfolk Norfolk26,054 people 24.2% 37.3 $58,884
32 Map of Scottsbluff Scottsbluff14,376 people 24.2% 38.8 $56,359
33 Map of Valentine Valentine2,633 people 23.8% 37.2 $56,898
34 Map of Hastings Hastings25,008 people 23.6% 37.3 $64,048
35 Map of York York8,141 people 23.6% 38.1 $63,265
36 Map of Gothenburg Gothenburg3,452 people 23.4% 44.3 $79,219
37 Map of Alliance Alliance8,075 people 23.3% 40.8 $65,160
38 North Platte22,831 people 23% 40.2 $58,097
39 Map of West Point West Point3,471 people 23% 44.3 $65,793
40 La Vista16,563 people 22.9% 33.5 $81,961
41 Map of Ralston Ralston6,472 people 22.9% 37.3 $69,403
42 Map of Seward Seward7,678 people 22.7% 32.0 $72,564
43 Ogallala4,777 people 22.6% 47.1 $58,556
44 Map of Beatrice Beatrice12,225 people 22.2% 41.9 $57,264
45 Central City3,061 people 22.2% 39.9 $73,229
46 Map of Milford Milford2,565 people 22.2% 33.1 $82,699
47 Cozad3,937 people 22% 41.6 $54,471
48 Map of Lincoln Lincoln294,856 people 21.9% 33.4 $71,867
49 McCook McCook7,314 people 21.7% 41.2 $56,917
50 Map of Holdrege Holdrege5,546 people 21.7% 41.1 $55,789
51 Map of Chalco Chalco10,595 people 21.5% 34.4 $85,672
52 Map of Papillion Papillion25,244 people 21.4% 41.1 $111,679
53 Plattsmouth Plattsmouth6,731 people 21.1% 38.4 $73,929
54 Map of Auburn Auburn3,470 people 20.9% 39.7 $57,531
55 Kearney34,246 people 20.8% 32.8 $69,724
56 Fairbury Fairbury3,888 people 20.8% 41.6 $52,995
57 Map of Sidney Sidney6,419 people 20.6% 41.9 $54,734
58 Township 1Washington County · 4,458 people 19.3% 52.1 $125,625
59 Map of Valley Valley3,174 people 19% 50.2 $110,200
60 Map of Chadron Chadron5,160 people 18% 30.5 $54,590
61 Wayne6,121 people 17.2% 23.2 $53,702

How this ranking works

We rank every town by the share of residents under 18, a sign of family neighborhoods. The town with the highest figure ranks #1. For comparison, the figure for Nebraska as a whole is 24.5%.

Only towns with at least 2,500 residents are ranked; Census estimates for smaller places are too uncertain. Population and income: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Town photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each town’s page.

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