Lincoln, NE

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Trends

Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.

How Lincoln ranks

• #1 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 80.8
• #3 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 75.7
• #4 Safest Cities from Natural Disasters of 75 cities · score 86.3
• #5 Cities with the Cleanest Air of 95 cities · score 93.2
• #17 Lowest Student-Teacher Ratios of 96 cities · score 83.2
• #20 Healthiest Cities of 96 cities · score 70.6
• #29 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 70.5
• #34 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 60.6
• #35 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 60.6

Local facts

Median household income

$69,991

Median rent

$1,045 / mo

Median home value

$248,200

Median age

33.4

Unemployment

3.3%

Bachelor's degree or higher

41.0%

Poverty rate

12.6%

Renter-occupied homes

44.2%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools

81

Students enrolled

42,047

Students per teacher

14.3 : 1

Free or reduced-price lunch

41.9%

Charter schools

0.0%

School districts serving the city

6

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Districts: Lincoln Public Schools, University Of Nebraska High School, Morton School, Pathfinder Ed Prg-Lancaster Co, Child Guidance School

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity

36.1%

No leisure-time physical activity

21.2%

Adults with diabetes

9.5%

Adults who smoke

13.2%

Frequent mental distress

14.9%

Sleeping under 7 hours

30.9%

Adults without health insurance

9.5%

Routine checkup in past year

75.3%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park

89.1%

Share of city that is parkland

6.9%

EPA walkability index (1-20)

14.3

Median air quality index (county)

37

Unhealthy air days (county)

0

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband

92.0%

Households with no internet

4.6%

Average commute

18.3 min

Work from home

10.0%

Commute by transit

0.9%

Commute on foot

3.2%

Commute by bike

0.9%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Lancaster County as relatively moderate overall for natural hazard risk, with 6 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

• Strong wind: very high
• Hail: relatively high
• Tornado: relatively high
• Winter weather: very high

ZIP codes

• 68502
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• 68505
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• 68510
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• 68588