What is the population of Chalco CDP?

Chalco CDP has 10,625 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #17 of 593 in Nebraska.

What is the median household income in Chalco CDP?

Median household income in Chalco CDP is $81,427 a year, 3.7% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Chalco CDP?

Median gross rent is $1,103 a month and the median home value is $224,400, so rent absorbs about 16.3% of median household income.

Is Chalco CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Chalco CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Chalco, NE population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Chalco, Nebraska (Chalco, NE — Census place “Chalco CDP”) is 10,625 residents, ranking #17 of 593 places in Nebraska. Median household income is $81,427, the median home is worth $224,400 and median gross rent runs $1,103 a month. Looking for the Chalco Nebraska ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Chalco, NE: 68138.

Population: 10,625Chalco CDP residents
Median household income: $81,427Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $224,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,103Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 72.6%Owner-occupied households

Chalco ZIP codes (Nebraska)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Chalco.

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

68138

What the numbers mean in Chalco CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Chalco CDP median would spend about 16.3% 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 2.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.6% of residents and 72.6% of households own their home.

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

Chalco CDP, NE in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Chalco CDP is a mid-size town in Nebraska, with 10,625 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #17 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 97% of them. The median age here is 35.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Chalco CDP earn a median of $81,427 a year, 3.7% above the national figure of $78,538 and 21% above the $67,419 median for the 119 Nebraska cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 5.6% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Chalco CDP is valued at $224,400, 26% below the national figure and 39% above the $161,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,103 a month, 21.6% below the national figure, or roughly $13,236 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.3% 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 2.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 72.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. 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

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Chalco CDP?: Chalco CDP has 10,625 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #17 of 593 in Nebraska.
What is the median household income in Chalco CDP?: Median household income in Chalco CDP is $81,427 a year, 3.7% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Chalco CDP?: Median gross rent is $1,103 a month and the median home value is $224,400, so rent absorbs about 16.3% of median household income.
Is Chalco CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Chalco CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Chalco CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.