Nebraska · Census place 01780
Arapahoe, NE population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Arapahoe, Nebraska (Arapahoe, NE — Census place “Arapahoe city”) is 1,010 residents, ranking #117 of 593 places in Nebraska. Median household income is $63,173, the median home is worth $95,000 and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Arapahoe Nebraska ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Arapahoe, NE: 68922.
- Population
- 1,010Arapahoe city residents
- Median household income
- $63,173Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $95,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 52.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 74.3%Owner-occupied households
Arapahoe ZIP codes (Nebraska)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Arapahoe.
The Arapahoe NE ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Arapahoe city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
The median home costs 1.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.9% of residents and 74.3% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Arapahoe city, NE in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Arapahoe city is a small town in Nebraska, with 1,010 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #117 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 80% of them. The median age here is 52.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Arapahoe city earn a median of $63,173 a year, 19.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 6% below the $67,419 median for the 119 Nebraska cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 16.9% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Arapahoe city is valued at $95,000, 68.7% below the national figure and 41% below the $161,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 74.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
A median age of 52.8 puts Arapahoe city well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages.
The Census withheld gross rent for Arapahoe city because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Nebraska.
- Stromsburg city 1,007
- Burwell city 1,020
- Harvard city 1,001
- Cambridge city 1,036
- Hooper city 1,078
- Friend city 1,085
- Eagle village 1,089
- Utica village 1,092
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Arapahoe city?
- Arapahoe city has 1,010 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #117 of 593 in Nebraska.
- What is the median household income in Arapahoe city?
- Median household income in Arapahoe city is $63,173 a year, 19.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Arapahoe city?
- Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $95,000.
- Is Arapahoe city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Arapahoe city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market.
- How current is this Arapahoe city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.