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Gibbon, NE vs Hastings, NE

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- Household income in Hastings, is 15% less than it is in Gibbon and is 26% below the National Average.
- Gibbon unemployment rate is 2.1%.
- Hastings unemployment rate is 2.6%.
 Gibbon, NEHastings, NEUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock2.6%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock0.0%1.6%
 Future Job Growth29.2%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes5.5%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock6.8%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$27,282  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$54,606$69,021
 Family Median Income$74,000  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Gibbon, NEHastings, NEUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock12.6%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K6.6%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock10.6%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K8.5%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock7.7%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K5.2%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock8.2%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K17.0%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock14.9%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K3.0%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock4.5%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Gibbon, NEHastings, NEUnited States
 Management, business, finance9.6%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock3.5%6.5%
 Community, social services1.3%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.3%1.2%
 Education, library4.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock1.4%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology4.9%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock4.9%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement4.0%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock7.7%5.4%
 Building maintenance4.8%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock5.2%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support22.2%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock1.1%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair9.7%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock21.2%13.1%
Reviews for Gibbon    2 Reviews

Gibbon runs civil defense sirens at 7am, 12pm, 1pm, and 6pm, and any time the EMS sevice is dispatched. 3am, 2am, midnight, 4am doesn't matter. If you're retired or sick  More

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Warning! I live in Gibbon and it is NOT a peaceful rural town. Every day they run the tornado civil defense sirens at 7am, 12pm, 1pm, and 6pm. They also go off when the  More

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Reviews for Hastings    3 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

The City's population is not as big as it says I don't think I don't think it has grown very much at all since the seventies in fact I think it has gotten smaller  More

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Hastings is home to Hastings College, one of the nation's leading liberal arts colleges; the Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History and the Lied Super Screen  More

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Over 19 years ago

Hastings is where Kool-Aid was invented. This small city of 25,000 has several beautiful parks with lakes and streams. Hastings Lake is wonderful to take walk on wide  More

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