Bellevue, NE

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2024 Population

64,510

US Senator

Deb Fischer

Republican Party

US Senator

Pete Ricketts

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

36.3

0.554% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

7.8%

2.9% 1-year increase

2024 Median Household Income

$85,462

2.15% 1-year decline

2024 Median Property Value

$247,000

7.02% 1-year growth

2024 Employed Population

31,522

0.464% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in Bellevue, NE reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

95.6% of the residents in Bellevue, NE are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Bellevue, NE are Bellevue University (2,809 degrees awarded in 2023).

In 2024, the median property value in Bellevue, NE was $247,000, and the homeownership rate was 65.5%.

Most people in Bellevue, NE drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 20.8 minutes. The average car ownership in Bellevue, NE was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Bellevue, NE is home to a population of 64.5k people, from which 95.6% are citizens. As of 2024, 9.32% of Bellevue, NE residents were born outside of the country (6.02k people).

In 2024, there were 11.4 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (43.9k people) in Bellevue, NE than any other race or ethnicity. There were 3.85k Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) and 3.66k Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

95.6%

2024 Citizenship

95.7%

2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 95.6% of Bellevue, NE residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Bellevue, NE was 95.7%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Bellevue, NE compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Bellevue, NE

White (Non-Hispanic)
43.9k ± 1.16k
Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
3.85k ± 684
Other (Hispanic)
3.66k ± 736

17%

Hispanic Population

11k people

17% of the people in Bellevue, NE are hispanic (11k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Bellevue, NE as a share of the total population.

Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for Nebraska.

Most Common Origin

Mexico
46,760 ± 5,245 people
Guatemala
11,721 ± 2,650 people
El Salvador
6,922 ± 2,039 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Nebraska was Mexico, the natal country of 46,760 Nebraska residents, followed by Guatemala with 11,721 and El Salvador with 6,922.

Foreign-Born Population

9.32%

2024 Foreign-Born Population

6.02k people

8.94%

2023 Foreign-Born Population

5.75k people

As of 2024, 9.32% of Bellevue, NE residents (6.02k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Bellevue, NE was 8.94%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Bellevue, NE compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Gulf War (2001-)
2,976 ± 364
Gulf War (1990s)
1,640 ± 262
Vietnam
1,632 ± 289

Bellevue, NE has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (2001-), 1.81 times greater than any other conflict.

The chart shows the distribution of veterans by conflict in Bellevue, NE.

Economy

The economy of Bellevue, NE employs 31.5k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Bellevue, NE were Health Care & Social Assistance (4,263 people), Retail Trade (3,663 people), and Educational Services (3,063 people), and the highest paying industries were Utilities ($111,090), Management of Companies & Enterprises ($86,111), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($72,992).

Employment

Occupations

31.5k

2024 Value

± 1,357

−0.464%

1 Year decline

± 6.06%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Bellevue, NE declined at a rate of −0.464%, from 31.7k employees to 31.5k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Bellevue, NE, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (3,484 people), Management Occupations (2,669 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (2,551 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Bellevue, NE.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Nebraska.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Nebraska (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

31.5k

2024 Value

± 1,357

−0.464%

1 Year decline

± 6.06%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Bellevue, NE declined at a rate of −0.464%, from 31.7k employees to 31.5k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Bellevue, NE, are Health Care & Social Assistance (4,263 people), Retail Trade (3,663 people), and Educational Services (3,063 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Bellevue, NE, though some of these residents may live in Bellevue, NE and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$54,217

Median earning men ± $4,652

$41,878

Median earning women ± $2,575

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Public Administration ($74,878), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($74,413), and Information ($63,447).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($60,196), Construction ($58,600), and Public Administration ($57,311).

Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Nebraska.

Y-Axis

2.25%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 1.03M people employed in Nebraska. This represents a 2.25% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 8.87%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Nebraska.

Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Nebraska went to Donald J. Trump with 59.3% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (38.9%), followed by Other (0.849%).

Deb Fischer and Pete Ricketts are the senators currently representing the state of Nebraska. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Nebraska is currently represented by 3 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

Voting results are not available for Bellevue, NE. Showing the available data for Nebraska.

2024 Election Results

Donald J. Trump (59.3%)
Republican Party
Kamala Harris (38.9%)
Democratic Party
Other (0.849%)
Other Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Nebraska went to Donald J. Trump with 59.3% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (38.9%), followed by Other (0.849%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Nebraska for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Nebraska

Senatorial voting results are only available at the state level. Showing data for Nebraska.

Deb Fischer

Senator from Nebraska

Assumed office on January 3, 2013

Pete Ricketts

Senator from Nebraska

Assumed office on January 12, 2023
Appointed to the seat on January 12, 2023 following the resignation of Ben Sasse.

Deb Fischer and Pete Ricketts are the senators currently representing Nebraska.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Nebraska over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

Education

In 2023, universities in Bellevue, NE awarded 2,809 degrees. The student population of Bellevue, NE in 2023 is skewed towards women, with 6,514 male students and 7,962 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Bellevue, NE are White (1,672 and 59.6%), Hispanic or Latino (345 and 12.3%), Black or African American (296 and 10.6%), and Unknown (196 and 6.99%).

The largest universities in Bellevue, NE by number of degrees awarded are Bellevue University (2,809 and 100%).

The most popular majors in Bellevue, NE are General Business Administration & Management (613 and 21.8%), Computer & Information Systems Security (194 and 6.91%), and General Social Sciences (141 and 5.02%).

The median tuition cost for private four year colleges is $8,136.

Admissions & Enrollments

Enrollments by Gender and Races

In 2023 there were 14,476 students enrolled in Bellevue, NE, 45% men and 55% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 7,115 records, of which 55% were women and 45% men.

Completions

Concentrations

Most Common

General Business Administration & Management
408 degrees awarded
Computer & Information Systems Security
135 degrees awarded
Traffic, Customs, & Transportation Clerk
115 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common concentation for Bachelors Degree recipients in Bellevue, NE was General Business Administration & Management with 408 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Bachelors Degree from schools in Bellevue, NE according to their major.

Universities

Gender

Race

Bellevue University

Largest Universities by degrees awarded

2,809 degrees awarded

In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Bellevue University with 2,809 degrees awarded.

Student Diversity

In 2023, 1,287 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Bellevue, NE, which is 0.846 times less than the 1,522 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 1,672 degrees mean that there were 4.85 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 345 degrees awarded.

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($8,136) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2023.

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($750) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2023.

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($1,833) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

The graph shows the average net price by sector and year.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Bellevue, NE was $247,000 in 2024, which is 0.742 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $230,800 to $247,000, a 7.02% increase. The homeownership rate in Bellevue, NE is 65.5%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Bellevue, NE have an average commute time of 20.8 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Bellevue, NE is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$247,000

Median Property Value 2024

±$6,651

$16,619

Median Property Taxes

±$856

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Bellevue, NE the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Bellevue, NE compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

65.5%

Homeownership

2024

63.8%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 65.5% of the housing units in Bellevue, NE were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 65.5%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Bellevue, NE compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$85,462

Median Household Income

± $2,914

25.4k

Number of Households

± 1,150

In 2024, the median household income of the 25.4k households in Bellevue, NE declined from $85,462 from the previous year's value of $87,343.

The following chart displays the households in Bellevue, NE distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Bellevue, NE is from Nebraska.

0.447

2023 Wage GINI in Nebraska

0.444

2022 Wage GINI in Nebraska

In 2023, the income inequality in Nebraska was 0.447 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.606% growth from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for Nebraska was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Nebraska in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Nebraska across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (77.8%)
Worked At Home (10.4%)
Carpooled (10.1%)

In 2024, 77.8% of workers in Bellevue, NE drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (10.4%) and those who carpooled to work (10.1%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

20.8 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Bellevue, NE have a shorter commute time (20.8 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 1.57% of the workforce in Bellevue, NE have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Bellevue, NE compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Bellevue, NE distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Bellevue, NE have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

7.8% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Bellevue, NE (4.99k out of 63.9k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 18 - 24, followed by Males 18 - 24 and then Females 25 - 34.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Bellevue, NE is White, followed by Hispanic and Two Or More.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Health

92.2% of the population of Bellevue, NE has health coverage, with 46.9% on employee plans, 12.2% on Medicaid, 8.08% on Medicare, 17.2% on non-group plans, and 7.85% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Nebraska see 1,343 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,343 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1217 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 294 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 50.5% were men and 49.5% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 26.4% under 18 years, 21.3% between 18 and 34 years, 36.7% between 35 and 64 years, and 15.6% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 50.5% were men and 49.5% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

7.81%

Uninsured

46.9%

Employer Coverage

12.2%

Medicaid

8.08%

Medicare

17.2%

Non-Group

7.85%

Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Bellevue, NE grew by 3.45% from 7.55% to 7.81%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Bellevue, NE changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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