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Kearney, NE
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Living in Kearney



Kearney is a medium-sized city located in the state of Nebraska. With a population of 34,277 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Kearney is the fifth largest community in Nebraska.

Also of interest is that Kearney has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Kearney is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Kearney enrolled in college, Kearney has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 14.47 minutes getting to work every day.

The citizens of Kearney are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 37.89% of adults in Kearney have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Kearney in 2018 was $35,507, which is upper middle income relative to Nebraska and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $142,028 for a family of four. However, Kearney contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Kearney is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Kearney home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kearney residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Kearney also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.45% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kearney include German, Irish, English, Swedish, and Czech.

The most common language spoken in Kearney is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.