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Population: 6,028. Estimated population in July 2024: 6,308 (+4.6% change)
Males: 2,963 (49.2%), Females: 3,065 (50.8%)

Zip code: 68333

Demographics

Median resident age: 30.3 years
Median household income: $34,098
Median house value: $77,900

Population by Race

Races in Crete:

  • White Non-Hispanic (80.8%)
  • Hispanic (13.5%)
  • Other race (6.9%)
  • Two or more races (1.8%)
  • Vietnamese (1.7%)
  • American Indian (1.0%)
  • Other Asian (0.9%)
  • Black (0.8%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Ancestries: German (37.4%), Czech (15.5%), Irish (11.2%), English (7.9%), United States (4.0%), Swedish (2.3%).

Land area: 2.4 square miles

Population by Education

For population 25 years and over in Crete

  • High school or higher: 73.5%
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher: 16.0%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 5.4%
  • Unemployed: 3.5%
  • Mean travel time to work: 16.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Crete city

  • Never married: 35.6%
  • Now married: 44.0%
  • Separated: 1.3%
  • Widowed: 9.8%
  • Divorced: 9.3%

12.7% Foreign born (9.5% Latin America, 1.7% Europe, 1.3% Asia).

Population change in the 1990s: +982 (+19.5%).

Hospitals

Hospital/medical center in Crete:

  • CRETE AREA MEDICAL CENTER (P O BOX 220 1540 GROVE AVENUE)

Other hospitals/medical centers near Crete:

  • LINCOLN REGIONAL CENTER (about 22 miles; LINCOLN, NE)
  • MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CAH (about 23 miles; SEWARD, NE)
  • WARREN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 23 miles; FRIEND, NE)

Airports

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Crete:

  • LINCOLN MUNI (about 22 miles; LINCOLN, NE; Abbreviation: LNK)
  • EPPLEY AIRFIELD (about 88 miles; OMAHA, NE; Abbreviation: OMA)
  • CENTRAL NEBRASKA REGIONAL (about 96 miles; GRAND ISLAND, NE; Abbreviation: GRI)

Other public-use airports nearest to Crete:

  • CRETE MUNICIPAL (about 3 miles; CRETE, NE; Abbreviation: CEK)
  • WILBER MUNICIPAL (about 11 miles; WILBER, NE; Abbreviation: 0D6)
  • SEWARD MUNICIPAL (about 19 miles; SEWARD, NE; Abbreviation: SWT)

Colleges and Universities

College/University in Crete:

  • DOANE COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 1,714; Location: 1014 BOSWELL; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.doane.edu; Offers Master’s degree)

Colleges and Universities

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Crete:

  • SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE AREA (about 22 miles; LINCOLN, NE; Full-time enrollment: 5,137)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT LINCOLN (about 23 miles; LINCOLN, NE; Full-time enrollment: 19,806)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA (about 72 miles; OMAHA, NE; Full-time enrollment: 10,150)
  • CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY (about 72 miles; OMAHA, NE; Full-time enrollment: 5,806)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER (about 72 miles; OMAHA, NE; Full-time enrollment: 2,448)
  • BELLEVUE UNIVERSITY (about 82 miles; BELLEVUE, NE; Full-time enrollment: 2,723)
  • METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE AREA (about 83 miles; OMAHA, NE; Full-time enrollment: 6,175)

Schools

Public high school in Crete:

  • CRETE HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 726; Grades: 07 – 12)

Public primary/middle schools in Crete:

  • CRETE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 797; Grades: PK – 06)
  • VALLEY VIEW PUBLIC SCHOOL (Students: 21; Grades: PK – 08)
  • DIAMOND PUBLIC SCHOOL (Students: 9; Location: 501 COUNTY ROAD 2000; Grades: PK – 08)

Private primary/middle school in Crete:

  • ST JAMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 86; Location: 525 E 14TH STREET; Grades: PK – 6)

Libraries

Library in Crete:

  • CRETE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $205,278; Location: 305 EAST 13TH STREET; 28,462 books; 882 audio materials; 1,483 video materials; 67 serial subscriptions)

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