What is the population of Ralston city?

Ralston city has 6,445 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #29 of 593 in Nebraska.

What is the median household income in Ralston city?

Median household income in Ralston city is $65,557 a year, 16.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,178 a month and the median home value is $215,800, so rent absorbs about 21.6% of median household income.

Is Ralston city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ralston city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Ralston, NE population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Ralston, Nebraska (Ralston, NE — Census place “Ralston city”) is 6,445 residents, ranking #29 of 593 places in Nebraska. Median household income is $65,557, the median home is worth $215,800 and median gross rent runs $1,178 a month. Looking for the Ralston Nebraska ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Ralston, NE: 68127.

Population: 6,445Ralston city residents
Median household income: $65,557Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $215,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,178Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 58.3%Owner-occupied households

Ralston ZIP codes (Nebraska)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ralston.

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

68127

What the numbers mean in Ralston city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Ralston city median would spend about 21.6% 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 3.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.6% of residents and 58.3% of households own their home.

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

Ralston city, NE in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Ralston city is a mid-size town in Nebraska, with 6,445 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #29 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 95% of them. The median age here is 36.8 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 Ralston city earn a median of $65,557 a year, 16.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 3% 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 7.6% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Ralston city is valued at $215,800, 28.9% below the national figure and 33% above the $161,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,178 a month, 16.2% below the national figure, or roughly $14,136 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 58.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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 Ralston city?: Ralston city has 6,445 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #29 of 593 in Nebraska.
What is the median household income in Ralston city?: Median household income in Ralston city is $65,557 a year, 16.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ralston city?: Median gross rent is $1,178 a month and the median home value is $215,800, so rent absorbs about 21.6% of median household income.
Is Ralston city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ralston city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Ralston city 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.