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Saline County, NE

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the state: median household income here is 104% of Nebraska's ($76,475); poverty 8.9% against 10.6%; 0.7% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

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Places in the county

• Crete 7,527 · median household income $77,209
• Wilber 1,936 · median household income $84,712
• Friend 1,155 · median household income $90,909
• Dorchester 550 · median household income $74,286
• De Witt 437 · median household income $80,526
• Western 215 · median household income $53,750
• Swanton 93 · median household income $61,146
• Tobias 61 · median household income $61,250

FURP records in Saline County, NE

Cross-reference: 166 nonprofits for 14,650 residents is 113.3 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $75,784,717 is $5,173 per resident, 18.4% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $79,910.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

• DOANE UNIVERSITY Crete, NE · $67,411,184
• United Food & Commercial Workers Local 293 Crete, NE · $1,564,878
• CRETE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TRUST Crete, NE · $949,055
• MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF SALINE AND SEWARD COUNTIES Crete, NE · $898,204
• FRIEND LEARNING CENTER Friend, NE · $852,321
• CRETE AREA HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION Crete, NE · $564,602
• FRIEND RECREATION ASSOCIATION Friend, NE · $500,826
• FRIEND HISTORICAL SOCIETY Friend, NE · $448,876
• CORNHUSKER UNITED WAY INC Western, NE · $350,760
• EPONA HORSE RESCUE INC Crete, NE · $231,752

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

• LTC MIDWEST Wilber, NE · $1,598,456
• Crete Area Medical Center Crete, NE · $803,636
• JULIO A FERNANDEZ CRUZ Crete, NE · $169,321
• CLINT HUMMER-HUMMER CONTRACTING Western, NE · $118,312
• GUNA SOLUTIONS Crete, NE · $108,900
• JOHN ALFREDSON-PICTURE PERFECT CONSTRUCT Friend, NE · $100,393

Colleges and schools: biggest by enrollment

• Doane University Crete, NE · 1,948

Political committees

• DON ERET FOR CONGRESS Dorchester, NE

Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans

• CRETE LUMBER & FARM SUPPLY Crete, NE · 2
• DOANE UNIVERSITY Crete, NE · 2
• FARMERS COOPERATIVE Dorchester, NE · 2
• 2JF POULTRY LLC Friend, NE · 1
• 4 STAR PALLET LLC Crete, NE · 1
• APT INTERACTIVE LLC Crete, NE · 1
• BROTHERS EQUIPMENT, INC. Friend, NE · 1
• BURKEY FARMS, INC. Dorchester, NE · 1
• CITY BANK & TRUST COMPANY Crete, NE · 1
• CRIST'S AUTO BODY, INC. Crete, NE · 1

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

• CHANTEL COLLIER Friend, NE · $257,386
• Robert B Mckeeman Crete, NE · $1,825
• KELSEY L BAXA Wilber, NE · $1,384
• JAMES EDWARD JIROVEC Crete, NE · $1,380
• JOSUE GUTIERREZ Crete, NE · $1,207
• SETH M. LAUTERBACH Crete, NE · $1,045
• ZACHARY JOHN KEATING Crete, NE · $870
• ANA ROSA TAYLOR Friend, NE · $699
• JASON K. HESSER Crete, NE · $625
• NICHOLAS JON DIERKS Crete, NE · $597

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

• Burkey LLC Dorchester, NE · 4
• Doane College Crete, NE · 4
• Farmers Cooperative Dorchester, NE · 3
• Big Ear, Inc. Crete, NE · 2
• Chambers Custom, LLC Crete, NE · 2
• Donald Young Safaris, Inc. Swanton, NE · 2
• Burkey Farms Inc. Dorchester, NE · 1
• Healing Heart Therapy Dogs, Inc. Crete, NE · 1
• JRL Consulting, LLC De Witt, NE · 1
• Lone Tree Foods LLC Crete, NE · 1

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

• DOANE UNIVERSITY Crete, NE · $77,583,203
• CITY OF CRETE Crete, NE · $11,014,762
• COUNTY OF SALINE Wilber, NE · $3,027,819
• PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL Wilber, NE · $2,930,005
• H-R-W FARMING Friend, NE · $2,322,867
• G & K HOLTMEIER, INC Tobias, NE · $1,935,111
• FRIEND CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY Friend, NE · $1,918,187
• HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF WILBER Wilber, NE · $1,692,450
• SALINE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 0002 Crete, WI · $1,536,872
• RURAL COMPREHENSIVE CARE NETWORK OF NEBRASKA Crete, NE · $1,164,440

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0