Hershey, Nebraska - City Information, Fast Facts, Schools, Colleges, and More

Demographics

People

Total Population	555
Male Share of the Population	49.9%
Female Share of the Population	50.1%
Senior Citizens	24.3%
Employed Population 16+	273
Age of the Population	46

Families

% of people married	66.3%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	11.8%
Median Earnings25+	$41,250
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$0
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$31,667

Wealth

Median Family Income	$68,750
% Above Poverty Level	93%
% Below Poverty Level	7%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	19 minutes
% Working from Home	0.7%
% Walking and Biking to Work	5.1%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	29.2%
Median Gross Rent	$832
Median House Value	$114,400

Ancestry

German	31.9%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	23.2%
Irish	13.2%
English	7.9%
Swedish	5%
Russian	4.1%
French Except Basque	3.6%
Dutch	3.1%
Polish	2.7%
Danishn	2.5%
Scottish	1.6%
Czech	1.3%
Italian	0.9%
Canadian	0.5%
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Hershey Almanac

Category	Value
County	Lincoln County
Standard Zip Codes	69143
Phone Area Codes	308
Time Zone	America/Chicago
Approximate Latitude	41.15
Approximate Longitude	-101

Hershey Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	HERSHEY 5 SSE
Distance	4.2 miles
Jan Temp	12 to 36 F
Apr Temp	32 to 62 F
Jul Temp	59 to 88 F
Oct Temp	35 to 67 F
Annual Precip	19.3 inches

Station	NORTH PLATTE EXP FARM
Distance	15.1 miles
Jan Temp	11 to 35 F
Apr Temp	34 to 62 F
Jul Temp	60 to 89 F
Oct Temp	36 to 65 F
Annual Precip	19.8 inches

Station	NORTH PLATTE RGNL AP
Distance	17.7 miles
Jan Temp	10 to 37 F
Apr Temp	33 to 63 F
Jul Temp	60 to 88 F
Oct Temp	34 to 66 F
Annual Precip	19.6 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
North Platte	24,011	$67,597
Paxton	525	$66,917
Sutherland	1,561	$80,987
Wallace	262	$63,125

Hershey Public Schools

Hershey Elementary School
301 S Lincoln, Po Box 369
ZIP: 69143
(308) 368-5572
Primary
Total Enrollment 289

Hershey High School
301 S Lincoln, Po Box 369
ZIP: 69143
(308) 368-5573
High
Total Enrollment 230

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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