Platte County is home to 34,716 people in Nebraska. Few US counties rank higher on income. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 23% of adults. Getting to work takes 16 minutes on average. The typical home is worth $223,900, having more than doubled since 2000. Renters pay $897 a month at the median.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $71,552, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 37.7
US median: 38.9
Less educated
23% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 54%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Platte County
What changed most since 1990
Hispanic share1.1% → 23.7%(+22.6 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
White share98.0% → 72.7%(−25.4 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree12.8% → 23.0%(+10.2 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)19.3%(252)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)21.7%(283)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era43.9%(573)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War8.3%(108)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.4%(5)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,305 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Platte County, decade by decade
Platte County population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
29,820
$62,697
$124,084
12.8%
4.8
2000
31,662
$71,699
$145,732
17.2%
18.7
2010
32,237
$71,242
$155,510
18.9%
33.8
2020
34,296
$73,787
$193,320
23.4%
49.8
2024
34,716
$71,552
$223,900
23.0%
51.9
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
