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Knox County

How many people live in Knox County

• Population, American Community Survey 2020-20248,363
• Households3,422
• Average household size2.44
• Median household income$64,636
• Median age44.3
• Median gross rent$647 per month
• Median owner-occupied home value$127,700
• Home value to household income2.0 times
• Annual rent as a share of median income12.0 percent
• Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher19.0 percent
• Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.4 percent
• Adults 25 and over5,734
• Population under 182,013
• Share under 1824.1 percent
• Population 65 and over2,159
• Share 65 and over25.8 percent
• Working age population, 18 to 644,191
• Civilian labor force4,085
• Unemployment rate3.6 percent
• Labor force participation, adults 18 and over64.3 percent
• Rank by population among Nebraska counties33rd of 93
• Rank by population among US county-equivalents, Puerto Rico included2622nd of 3,222

Knox County is the 33rd largest of 93 Nebraska counties by population. A median home costs 2.0 times median household income, which is affordable by national standards. Residents 65 and over outnumber those under 18, at 25.8 percent against 24.1 percent, which points demand at health care, services and single story product rather than schools.

US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024 5-year.

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Where are people moving to Knox County from?

• Tax returns filed by households arriving134
• People arriving, from those returns259
• Tax returns filed by households leaving152
• Net household movement-18
• Adjusted gross income arriving$7.0 m
• Net adjusted gross income movement$-4.0 m
• Average income of an arriving household$52,448
• Average income of a leaving household$72,283
• Largest single destinationMadison County (22 households)

Households arriving report $19,835 less average income than households leaving, which drains spending power even where headcount holds up.

US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.

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Employment by industry in Knox County

• Covered employment, annual average2,895
• Establishments reporting328
• Average annual pay$42,951
• Average weekly wage$826
• Retail trade, employment304
• Retail trade, average annual pay$28,108
• Wholesale trade, employment178
• Wholesale trade, average annual pay$59,376
• Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, employment167
• Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, average annual pay$50,633
• Manufacturing, employment165
• Manufacturing, average annual pay$39,417
• Construction, employment101
• Finance and insurance, employment85

Retail trade is the largest private sector at 304 jobs, 10.5 percent of covered employment.

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages.

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Building permits in Knox County

• Housing units authorized by permit, 202432
• Declared construction value permitted$9.7 m
• Single family units authorized28
• Multifamily units authorized4
• Multifamily share of units12.5 percent
• Average declared value per unit$301,581
• Units authorized per 1,000 households9.4

Single-family homes are 87.5 percent of units authorized, so the pipeline is predominantly single-family.

US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.

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SBA loan default and charge-off rates in Knox County

Do SBA loans in Knox County get paid back?

• Loans with a final outcome recorded2
• Paid in full2
• Charged off0
• Status: Exempt from disclosure2
• Status: Paid in full2

Only 2 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.

Compare against the national and state SBA charge-off rates, computed the same way over resolved loans only.

US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.

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Flood risk in Knox County

• Participation of the county's own NFIP community Knox County, unincorporated areasParticipating, community 310451
• Communities in the county in the NFIP Community Status Book12
• Of those, participating in the NFIP9
• NFIP participation rate75.0 percent
• Communities carrying a CRS class0
• Radon levels in Knox County, EPA zone predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/LZone 1

The county's own community in the status book, unincorporated Knox County (community 310451), participates in the National Flood Insurance Program and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies there. The EPA places Knox County in radon zone 1, a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L. The zone is a screening prediction for the county and does not substitute for a test at an address. 75.0 percent of the county's listed communities participate in the National Flood Insurance Program, per Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.

Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26. US EPA, Map of Radon Zones, county spreadsheet, 2024-05 publication, EPA 402/A-16/001.

Feasibility studies

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• Population, American Community Survey 2020-20248,363
• Households3,422
• Average household size2.44
• Median household income$64,636
• Median age44.3

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Cities and places in Knox.

12 Census places lie wholly or partly in Knox County. All 12 carry enough published place level data for a page of their own and are linked.