In addition, Kearney is a college town. There are a lot of students in Kearney attending college, and as a result Kearney provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 14.41 minutes getting to work every day.
The citizens of Kearney are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 36.86% of adults in Kearney have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Kearney in 2022 was $36,753, which is upper middle income relative to Nebraska, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $147,012 for a family of four. However, Kearney contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Kearney is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Kearney home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kearney residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Kearney also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.17% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kearney include German, Irish, English, Swedish, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Kearney is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
