U.S. Census paints picture of growing cities, county

By Eugene Curtin / Times Associate Editor

Jun 7, 2017

Higher income people, by and large, are in Papillion, and military veterans by an easy majority make Bellevue their home, with the city’s veteran population outstripping that of Papillion, La Vista, Gretna and Springfield combined.

Bellevue’s status as Sarpy County’s largest city looks unchallengeable, with its population increase of 3,368 since 2010 easily larger than Papillion’s during the same period (703), La Vista’s (1,385), Gretna’s (619) or Springfield’s (75). In percentage terms, however, Bellevue’s population increase of 6.7 percent was not the largest, that honor going to Gretna, whose increase of 619 people represents a jump of 13.9 percent.

Coming last in percentage population growth, despite its rapid retail growth, was Papillion whose rate of 3.7 percent trailed even Springfield’s 4.9 percent.

Those figures emerged May 25 when the U.S. Bureau of the Census released its 2016 statistics for cities and counties.

Sarpy County as a whole has reached a population of 179,023 and has a median household income of $70,543.

The numbers and categories are as follows:

Population

Bellevue: 53,505

(2010: 50,137)

Papillion: 19,597

(2010: 18,894)

La Vista: 17,143

(2010: 15,758)

Gretna: 5,060

(2010: 4,441)

Springfield: 1,604

(2010: 1,529)

Median Household Income

Papillion: $74,992

Gretna: $71,250

Springfield: $61,917

Bellevue: $57,719

La Vista: $57,032

Persons In Poverty

Bellevue: 11.3 percent

La Vista: 7.4 percent

Springfield: 7.1 percent

Gretna: 6.7 percent

Papillion: 4.2 percent

High School Education or Higher

Gretna: 97.1 percent

Papillion: 97 percent

La Vista: 94.4 percent

Springfield: 93.6 percent

Bellevue: 92.8 percent

Persons Without Health Insurance

Bellevue: 10.7 percent

La Vista: 8.7 percent

Springfield: 6.1 percent

Gretna: 5.2 percent

Papillion: 5.1 percent

Median Housing Value

Gretna: $167,900

Papillion: $165,800

La Vista: $140,000

Bellevue: $135,600

Springfield: $127,000

Total Housing Units

Bellevue: 21,745

Papillion: 7,560

La Vista: 7,119

Gretna: 1,839