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Situation & Outlook Report

Kearney, NE Micropolitan Statistical Area
(CBSA 28260)
Geographic-Demographic-Economic Characteristics -- access other areas
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Contents of this Report
This document is organized into these sections:
1. Recent Trends & Outlook
2. Overview & Updates
3. Reference & Thematic Pattern Maps
3.1. Lay of the Land
3.2. Neighborhood Patterns of Economic Prosperity
4. Population Characteristics & Trends
4.1. Component City Characteristics
4.2. Component County Characteristics
4.2.1. RDEMS Component County Characteristics
4.3. General Demographic Characteristics
5. Housing Characteristics & Trends
5.1. Total Housing Units
5.2. General Housing Characteristics
5.3. Residential Construction; Housing Units Authorized & Value
5.4. Housing Price Index
6. Economic Characteristics & Trends
6.1. Economic Profile
6.2. Cost of Living Indexes
6.3. Cost of Doing Business Indexes
6.4. Consumer Price Index
6.5. Gross Domestic Product
6.6. Establishments, Employment & Earnings by Type of Business
6.7. Labor Market Characteristics & Trends
7. Education Infrastructure
7.1. Component School District Characteristics
7.2. Component Higher Education Institution Characteristics
8. GeoPolitics
  Terms of Use
  Related Resources
  Using this Document
  Updates
  About Metros & Principal Cities
  Glossary


1. Recent Trends & Outlook
Summary of recent business, demographic, economic trends; year-ahead & 5-year outlook.
- the Recent Trends & Outlook section, updated quarterly, covers topics about this metro such as .. assessing the implications of next jobs report .. impact of Fed''s interest rate action .. which sectors are expanding or contracting .. housing market conditions .. insights to help your planning and decision-making. The Recent Trends & Outlook section is available in the subscription edition.

2. Overview & Update
The total population of the Kearney, NE MISA metro changed from 52,662 in 2010 to 54,936 in 2015, a change of 2,786 (5.3%). Among all 917 metros, this metro was ranked number 573 in 2010 and 551 in 2015, based on total population. Annual net migration was 435 (2011), 365 (2012), 98 (2013), -79 (2014), -79 (2015). View annual population estimates and components of change table. See more about population characteristics below.

This metro is projected to have a total population in 2020 of 57,900. The projected population change from 2010 to 2020 is 5,229 (9.9%). The population ages 65 years and over is projected to change from 6,969 (2010) to 9,940 (2020), a change of 2,971 (42.6%). See more about population projections.

Based on per capita personal income (PCPI), this metro was ranked number 114 in 2008 and 93 in 2014. among the 917 metros for which personal income was estimated.The PCPI changed from $41,183 in 2008 to $48,306 in 2014, a change of $7,123 (17.3%). Per capita personal income (PCPI) is a comprehensive measure of individual economic well-being. Use the interactive table to compare PCPI in this metro to other metros. See more about PCPI in Economic Characteristics section below.

Attributes of driil-down, small area geography within the metro ... metros account for 65,744 of the national scope 73,056 census tracts (others are in non-metro areas). This metro is comprised of 13 tracts covering the metro wall-to-wall. View, rank, compare demographic-economic attributes of these tracts using the interactive tables. Use the CBSA code 28260; see table usage details below the table.

3. Lay of the Land & Neighborhood Patterns of Economic Prosperity   go top

3.1. Lay of the Land go top
Lay of the Land. The following map shows the metro with bold boundary.
Counties are labeled with county name and state-county FIPS code.

 
  View developed with CV XE GIS software.   See this section to learn about making custom metro maps.

3.2. Patterns of Economic Prosperity by Neighborhood go top

Median household income by census tract (see color/data legend at left of map).

 
  View developed with CV XE GIS software.   See this section to learn about making custom metro maps.

4. Population Characteristics & Trends go top
Updated monthly, quarterly, annually. Housing market conditions and extended detail Available in subscription edition.

4.1. Component City Characteristics go top
Principal Cities (about principal cities); Click link to view city profile.
  •   Kearney

Cities 10,000 population and over; click link to view city profile.
  AreaCensus
2010
July 1
2010
July 1
2011
July 1
2012
July 1
2013
July 1
2014
Change
2010-14
%Change
2010-14
  Kearney, NE (3125055) 30,787 30,858 31,341 31,922 32,239 32,469 1,611 5.20

All places interactive tables General Demographics | Social | Economic | Housing
All places time series population estimates interactive table.

4.2. Component County Characteristics   go top
Updated periodically, annually. General demographics, social characteristics and extended detail Available in subscription edition.

Metropolitan areas are defined as one or more contiguous counties based on a set of demographic-economic criteria. Counties comprising the metro are shown below. For multi-county metros, this section provides insights into how the population is changing by county. Many metros changed geographic composition (counties included in the metro) between the Census 2010 vintage and the current vintage. These changes, if any, are also shown below (county is marked with **). See projections in related section.Click county code link to view county components of change.

  AreaJuly 1
2010
PctJuly 1
2011
PctJuly 1
2012
PctJuly 1
2013
PctJuly 1
2014
PctJuly 1
2015
Pct
Metro Summary ... more details 197,069 100.0 202,628 100.0 202,375 100.0 202,173 100.0 203,483 100.0 204,275 100.0
  Kearney County (31099) 6,485 3.3 6,555 3.2 6,515 3.2 6,501 3.2 6,588 3.2 6,585 3.2
  Buffalo County (31019) 46,177 23.4 46,835 23.1 47,655 23.5 48,090 23.8 48,348 23.8 48,863 23.9

All counties interactive tables General Demographics | Social | Economic | Housing
All counties population estimates & components of change time series interactive table.

5. Housing Characteristics & Trends go top
Updated monthly, quarterly, annually. Housing market conditions and extended detail Available in subscription edition.

5.1. Total Housing Units
Updated Annually. Independent annual model-based estimates. For more information, detail & to compare areas use interactive table.
  ItemCensus
2010
July 1
2010
July 1
2011
July 1
2012
July 1
2013
July 1
2014
Change
2010-2014
%Change
2010-2014
  Total Housing Units 21,950 21,963 22,063 22,181 22,378 22,681 718 3.27

6. Economic Characteristics & Trends go top

6.1. Economic Profile go top
The Economic Profile shows shows derivation and key components of total personal income. Data are organized by place of residence and place of work. The place of residence profile includes estimates of total personal income, population, and per capita personal income. The place of work profile includes estimates of total earnings, total employment and average earnings per job. Updated annually. See related interactive table.

  Item20112012201320142015Change
2011-2015
%Change
2011-2015
Personal income 2,345,341 2,671,543 2,451,573 2,740,083 2,967,797 622,456 26.5
  Net earnings 1/ 1,508,602 1,605,559 1,601,807 1,771,230 1,970,341 461,739 30.6
  Personal current transfer receipts 326,579 329,707 330,834 348,235 362,332 35,753 10.9
    Income maintenance 2/ 27,488 27,697 28,266 27,954 27,657 169 0.6
    Unemployment insurance compensation 7,123 5,456 3,718 2,593 2,240 -4,883 -68.6
    Retirement and other 291,968 296,554 298,850 317,688 332,435 40,467 13.9
  Dividends, interest, and rent 3/ 510,160 736,277 518,932 620,618 635,124 124,964 24.5
  Population 4/ 53,390 54,170 54,591 54,936 55,448 2,058 3.9
  Per capita personal income 43,928 49,318 44,908 49,878 53,524 9,596 21.8
  Per capita net earnings 28,256 29,639 29,342 32,242 35,535 7,279 25.8
  Per capita personal current transfer receipts 6,117 6,087 6,060 6,339 6,535 418 6.8
    Per capita income maintenance 515 511 518 509 499 -16 -3.1
    Per capita unemployment insurance compensation 133 101 68 47 40 -93 -69.9
    Per capita retirement and other 5,469 5,475 5,474 5,783 5,995 526 9.6
  Per capita dividends, interest, and rent 9,555 13,592 9,506 11,297 11,454 1,899 19.9
  Earnings by place of work 1,654,567 1,758,928 1,777,910 1,961,022 2,176,350 521,783 31.5
    Wages and salaries 1,017,799 1,078,818 1,089,933 1,140,128 1,203,154 185,355 18.2
    Supplements to wages and salaries 254,538 278,964 274,506 291,752 285,651 31,113 12.2
      Employer cont. for empl. pension & insur. funds 6/ 175,922 198,016 194,130 207,313 197,890 21,968 12.5
      Employer cont. for government social insurance 78,616 80,948 80,376 84,439 87,761 9,145 11.6
    Proprietors' income 382,230 401,146 413,471 529,142 687,545 305,315 79.9
      Nonfarm proprietors' income 182,477 183,339 167,320 131,937 123,791 -58,686 -32.2
      Farm proprietors' income 199,753 217,807 246,151 397,205 563,754 364,001 182.2
Total full-time and part-time employment 38,164 39,000 39,446 39,953 40,278 2,114 5.5
  Wage and salary jobs 29,504 30,222 30,501 30,946 31,081 1,577 5.3
  Number of proprietors 8,660 8,778 8,945 9,007 9,197 537 6.2
    Number of nonfarm proprietors 7/ 1,136 1,140 1,142 1,136 1,125 -11 -1.0
    Number of farm proprietors 7,524 7,638 7,803 7,871 8,072 548 7.3
Average earnings per job (dollars) 43,354 45,101 45,072 49,083 54,033 10,679 24.6
  Average wages and salaries 34,497 35,696 35,734 36,842 38,710 4,213 12.2
  Average nonfarm proprietors' income 26,549 28,516 31,546 50,464 69,841 43,292 163.1
Dollar items are in current dollars (not adjusted for inflation). Per capita items in dollars; other dollar items in thousands of dollars.
See related notes.

6.2. Cost of Living Indexes   go top
Updated periodically. Available in subscription edition.

6.3. Cost of Doing Business Indexes   go top
Updated periodically. Available in subscription edition.

6.4. Consumer Price Index   go top
Updated monthly. Available in subscription edition.

6.5. Gross Domestic Product by Sector   go top
Updated quarterly, annually. For more information, detail & to compare areas use interactive table. Additional detail in subscription edition.

6.6. Establishments, Employment & Earnings by Detailed Type of Business go top
Updated quarterly. For more information, detail & to compare areas use interactive table.

Use the following links to access detailed establishment and employment data by type of business (CSV files).
  .. see notes on using these files.
  2013Q1 .. 2013Q2 .. 2013Q3 .. 2013Q4 .|. 2014Q1 .. 2014Q2 .. 2014Q3 .. 2014Q4 .|. 2015Q1 .. 2015Q2 .. 2015Q3 .. 2015Q4 .. 2016Q1 .. 2016Q2
 
6.7. Labor Market Characteristics & Trends go top
Updated monthly. Available in subscription edition.
For more information, detail & to compare areas use interactive table.
Table shows 13 most recent months.
  ItemAug15Sep15Oct15Nov15Dec15Jan16Feb16Mar16Apr16May16Jun16Jul16Aug16
Unemplymnt Rate 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.0 2.3 2.5 2.3 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.9 3.0 2.8
Unemployment 684 608 609 533 628 685 640 673 646 622 804 830 768
Employment 26,364 26,327 26,677 26,743 26,692 26,342 26,668 26,713 27,062 26,960 26,767 26,646 26,364
Labor Force27,04826,93527,28627,27627,32027,02727,30827,38627,70827,58227,57127,47627,132

7. Education Infrastructure   go top

7.1. Component School District Characteristics   go top
Districts in this metro. Updated periodically. See related School District interactive table.
District NameCity Name District
Code
Locale
Code
CountyState2012-13
Enrollment
2013 Total
Population
Grade Relevant
Pop Ages 5-17
Amherst Public SchoolsAmherst 31000704331019NE 327 1,159 200
Axtell Community SchoolsAxtell 31034204231099NE 280 1,369 262
Elm Creek Public SchoolsElm Creek 31701404331019NE 319 1,652 311
Gibbon Public SchoolsGibbon 31709804231019NE 629 3,104 641
Kearney Public SchoolsKearney 31723903331019NE 5,297 37,632 5,952
Minden Public SchoolsMinden 31738303331099NE 770 4,424 780
Pleasanton Public SchoolsPleasanton 31756904331019NE 261 1,191 226
Ravenna Public SchoolsRavenna 31759604331019NE 455 2,435 468
Shelton Public SchoolsShelton 31766204231019NE 307 1,645 350
Wilcox-Hildreth Public SchoolsWilcox 31001344331099NE 207 1,449 232

Number of districts: 10 ... Total enrollment: 8,852
All school districts interactive tables General Demographics | Social | Economic | Housing
All school districts enrollment & adminstratively reported data interactive table.

7.2. Component Higher Education Institution Characteristics   go top
2014-15 School Year. Extended detail Available in subscription edition.
  Institution City Name Code LevelTotal UG EnrollmentFulltime UG EnrollmentTotal Grad EnrollmentFulltime Grad Enrollment
University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE1812158 5,274 4,668 1,628 242

  Number of institutions: 1 ... Total undergraduate enrollment: 5,274
  Levels: 3-Assoc degree, 4-at least 2, but < 4 years, 5-Bach degree, 6-Postbacc cert, 7 Masters degree, 8 Post-masters cert, 9 Doctors degree

8. GeoPolitics   go top
Updated periodically. Voting patterns, citizen voting age population, state legislative districts, congressional districts .. in this metro.
Available in subscription edition.

Notes
  • All data are for current vintage county and metro definition.
  • Developed by ProximityOne -- Metro Reports (888-364-7656)
  • Data sources: ProximityOne, Census Bureau, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Housing Finance Agency,
    National Center for Education Statistics.

Updates go top
The subscription edition updates frequently. Selected items are listed below. Register to receive update notifications.
  • Overview lead narrative; quarterly & annual/March.
  • Housing Price Index (section 5.4) quarterly.
  • Establishments, employment & earnings (section 6.6) quarterly.
  • Economic profile and personal income (section 6.1) annual/November.
  • Labor market situation (section 6.7) monthly.
  • Residential construction; units authorized & value (section 5.3.) monthly.
  • Population by county; annual series 2010-2016 (section 4.2.) annual/July.
  • Population by county; links for individual counties (section 4.2.) annual/July.
      -- includes annual data 2010-2016.
      -- includes components of change; race/origin; single year of age; age group summaries.
  • Total population and components of change; annual/March.
  • Census tracts overview section; annual/December.
  • General Demographics section updated/extended; annual/December.
  • Gross Domestic Product section; annual/September.
  • Higher education institutions; annual/February.
  • Metro & county demographic component detailed annual estimates; annual/March.
  • School districts in metro & K-12 enrollment; annual/August.
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Terms of Use go top
Situation & Outlook Reports are a proprietary resource developed by ProximityOne. There is no warranty of any type associated with any aspect of this report. The user of this document is solely responsible to any use, direct or indirect, that might be made of this document.

Related Resources go top
  • Metros main page
  • Current estimates and projections: states to 2030, counties & metros to 2020 by age, counties & states to 2060.
  • Making Custom Metropolitan Area Maps
  • Rental Market Conditions by Metropolitan Area
  • Metro Gross Domestic Product
  • Housing Price Index
  • Establishments, Employment & Earnings
  • Regional Economic Information System
  • ACS 2014 1-year General Demographics ... Social Characteristics ... Economic Characteristics ... Housing Characteristics

Using this Document go top
The Situation & Outlook Report, a component of the Situation & Outlook, is a core ProximityOne information resource providing insights into characteristics and trends of counties, metropolitan areas, states and the U.S. The Report also provides a gateway to drill-down demographic, economic and business data for smaller geographic areas.

Metropolitan areas include approximately 94 percent of the U.S. population -- 85 percent in metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) and 9 percent in micropolitan statistical areas (MISAs).

About Metropolitan Areas & Principal Cities -- scroll section go top
Metropolitan Areas are designated by OMB ("Standards for Delineating Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas") based mainly on Census Bureau-sourced data. Metropolitan areas are defined as Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) and Micropolitan Statistical Areas (MISA). MSAs and MISAs are also referred to a Core-Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs). Contiguous CBSAs are defined as Combined Statistical Areas (CSA).

By definition, metropolitan areas are comprised of one or more contiguous counties. Metropolitan areas are not single cities and typically include many cities. Metropolitan areas are comprised of urban and rural areas and often have large expanses of rural territory. A business and demographic-economic synergy exists within each metro; metros often interact with adjacent metros. The demographic-economic make-up of metros vary widely and change often. See more about metros.

Principal Cities. The largest city in each metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area is designated a "principal city." Principal cities are designated by OMB based on Census-sourced data. Additional cities qualify as principal cities if specified requirements are met concerning population size and employment. The title of each metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area consists of the names of up to three of its principal cities and the name of each state into which the metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area extends. Titles of metropolitan divisions also typically are based on principal city names but in certain cases consist of county names.

One or more principal cities are designated within each Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) and Micropolitan Statistical Area (MISA). The term "principal city" is defined in the OMB "Standards for Delineating Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas." A principal city is an OMB designation applied to one or more incorporated places and/or census designated places (CDPs). The OMB standards designate a Principal City (or Cities) of a Core-Based Statistical Area (CBSA) as determined by:
  a) The largest incorporated place with a 2010 Census population of at least 10,000 in the CBSA or,
        if no incorporated place of at least 10,000 population is present in the CBSA,
        the largest incorporated place or census designated place in the CBSA; and
  b) Additional places with 2010 Census population of at least 250,000 or in which 100,000 or more persons work; and
  c) Additional places with 2010 Census population of 50,000-250,000,
        and number of workers working in the place meets or exceeds the number of workers living in the place; and
  d) Additional places with 2010 Census population of 10,000-50,000, and at least one-third the population size of the largest place,
        and in which the number of workers working in the place meets or exceeds the number of workers living in the place.

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