Population & Demographics
Grand Island, NE
Grand Island is home to 52,884 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 26,353 resident workers commute each day.
52,884 residents
Median age 34.7 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).
Grand Island population & demographics
Who lives in Grand Island — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.
Race & ethnicity in Grand Island
How Grand Island breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).
Race across Grand Island
Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Grand Island.
These figures are for Grand Island proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.
How Grand Island commutes
Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.
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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.
Grand Island
26,353 commutes, one dot at a time
Grand Island
Where 26,353 workers commute
Where residents work
Top destinations for people who live in Grand Island, by worker count.
Who commutes in
Top origin places for workers who travel into Grand Island.
Top industries
The sectors that employ Grand Island’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.
Internet options for Grand Island
The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.
FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).