What is the population of Broken Bow city?

Broken Bow city has 3,524 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #43 of 593 in Nebraska.

What is the median household income in Broken Bow city?

Median household income in Broken Bow city is $56,438 a year, 28.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Broken Bow city?

Median gross rent is $826 a month and the median home value is $124,600, so rent absorbs about 17.6% of median household income.

Is Broken Bow city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Broken Bow city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Broken Bow, NE population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Broken Bow, Nebraska (Broken Bow, NE — Census place “Broken Bow city”) is 3,524 residents, ranking #43 of 593 places in Nebraska. Median household income is $56,438, the median home is worth $124,600 and median gross rent runs $826 a month. Looking for the Broken Bow Nebraska ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Broken Bow, NE: 68822.

Population: 3,524Broken Bow city residents
Median household income: $56,438Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $124,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $826Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 56.7%Owner-occupied households

Broken Bow ZIP codes (Nebraska)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Broken Bow.

The Broken Bow NE ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

68822

What the numbers mean in Broken Bow city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Broken Bow city median would spend about 17.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.6% of residents and 56.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Broken Bow city, NE in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Broken Bow city is a small town in Nebraska, with 3,524 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #43 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 92% of them. The median age here is 41.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. 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 Broken Bow city earn a median of $56,438 a year, 28.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 16% below the $67,419 median for the 119 Nebraska cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 14.6% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Broken Bow city is valued at $124,600, 58.9% below the national figure and 23% below the $161,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $826 a month, 41.3% below the national figure, or roughly $9,912 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.2×, 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. 56.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Broken Bow city?: Broken Bow city has 3,524 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #43 of 593 in Nebraska.
What is the median household income in Broken Bow city?: Median household income in Broken Bow city is $56,438 a year, 28.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Broken Bow city?: Median gross rent is $826 a month and the median home value is $124,600, so rent absorbs about 17.6% of median household income.
Is Broken Bow city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Broken Bow city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Broken Bow 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.