City safety & data profile

NorfolkNE

Norfolk, NE is a 24K-resident city in Madison County with a median household income of $58,884.

Madison County, Nebraska. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Norfolk, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Norfolk has a population larger than 54% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $211,700, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

24K
Population (place)
Top 46%
By size
$58,884
Median income (place)
$211,700
Median home (place)
14.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Norfolk

Norfolk posts a median household income higher than 20% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Norfolk area.

Bottom 21%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Norfolk

Where Norfolk income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$58,884 Bottom 20% higher than 20% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Norfolk $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in NE

Population among 17 NE places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Omaha is the largest NE city on this list; Papillion leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in NE

Median household income among the same 17-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Papillion posts the highest place-level median income in NE; Omaha is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Norfolk, NE beyond the headline numbers

Norfolk sits inside Madison County, Nebraska, at roughly 42.03°N, -97.42°W. Population 24,366, $58,884 median household income. Median home value $211,700, median rent $875. Poverty rate 14.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Norfolk, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Norfolk, NE stands at 14.3%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Norfolk costs roughly 3.6 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Only 5.3% of Norfolk workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 19.3% in Norfolk, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Norfolk workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Norfolk from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
24,366
Norfolk · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$58,884
-34% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$211,700
-49% vs avg
Median Age (place)
37.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Madison County): Norfolk's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
36K+2%
Median Income
$63,128+36%
Median Home Value
$208,500+91%
Poverty Rate
13.1%-8%
Unemployment
3%-35%

Economics

Economics indicators for Norfolk, NE
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$875/mo
Poverty Rate
14.3% +15% vs avg
Unemployment 3.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 24%
Work From Home 5.3%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 80.5%
African American 1%
Asian 1%
Two or More Ethnicities 2%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
39.4%
High Blood Pressure
33.8%
Short Sleep Duration
32.7%
Physical Inactivity
27.1%
Binge Drinking
19.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
14.4%
Current Smoking
14%
Frequent Physical Distress
12%
Diabetes
11.1%
Lack of Health Insurance
10.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 61.7%
Annual Checkup 74.6%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9.5%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.3%
Stroke
3.2%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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0
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0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
FAITH REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES
NORFOLK · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Norfolk?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Norfolk right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet NE-NORFOLK-NE · Norfolk

Norfolk: 34 tagged alerts; lead category Environment Agency flood warning.

  • VOL-HEAVY 34 on record
  • MIX-LED 50% uk-floods
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Somerset

Tagged alert mix: Norfolk

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 34 tagged notices on record for Norfolk.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Somerset, NJ (36 tagged · Δ2)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Norfolk; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Nebraska state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (34 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Somerset, NJ 36 alerts El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Norfolk, NE? ▼
Norfolk, NE has a population of 24,366 people, located in Madison County, Nebraska.
What is the median household income in Norfolk? ▼
The median household income in Norfolk, NE is $58,884 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 14.3%.
What is the median home value in Norfolk? ▼
The median home value in Norfolk, NE is $211,700. Median rent is $875/month.
What are the top health concerns in Norfolk? ▼
The top health indicators in Norfolk include Obesity (39.4%), High Blood Pressure (33.8%), Short Sleep Duration (32.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Norfolk? ▼
Norfolk has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Norfolk? ▼
The median age in Norfolk, NE is 37.3 years. 24% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Norfolk, both outside Nebraska so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside NE (14.3% here).

Pomona, CA 14.3% Asheville, NC 14.3% Westland, MI 14.3% Kennewick, WA 14.3%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside NE ($58,884 here).

Tavares, FL $58,886 Bartlesville, OK $58,869 Sherman, TX $58,859 Sikeston, MO $58,915

Compare Norfolk with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Columbus, NE 23K Yankton, SD 15K Vermillion, SD 11K Fremont, NE 26K South Sioux City, NE 13K Sioux City, IA 83K Lincoln, NE 295K Grand Island, NE 51K
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Using Norfolk's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Norfolk area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Norfolk against Nebraska peers on any ranking lens. Explore Nebraska

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Madison County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.