Craig, Nebraska Population, Hospitals, Airports, and Schools
Population: 241. Estimated population in July 2024: 235 (-2.5% change)
Males: 121 (50.2%), Females: 120 (49.8%)
Burt County
Zip code: 68019
Demographics
Median resident age: 37.3 years
Median household income: $29,583
Median house value: $34,200
Population by Race
Races in Craig:
- White Non-Hispanic (99.6%)
Ancestries: German (43.2%), Irish (14.1%), Swedish (14.1%), United States (12.0%), Danish (10.4%), English (6.6%).
Elevation: 1349 feet
Land area: 0.3 square miles
Population by Education
For population 25 years and over in Craig
- High school or higher: 83.8%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 0.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 0.0%
- Unemployed: 5.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 33.8 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Craig village
- Never married: 13.9%
- Now married: 61.8%
- Separated: 0.0%
- Widowed: 5.5%
- Divorced: 18.8%
0.8% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +11 (+4.8%).
Hospitals
Hospitals/medical centers near Craig:
- OAKLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; OAKLAND, NE)
- MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 23 miles; BLAIR, NE)
- BURGESS HEALTH CENTER (about 24 miles; ONAWA, IA)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Craig:
- SIOUX GATEWAY/COL. BUD DAY FIELD (about 43 miles; SIOUX CITY, IA; Abbreviation: SUX)
- EPPLEY AIRFIELD (about 47 miles; OMAHA, NE; Abbreviation: OMA)
- LINCOLN MUNI (about 70 miles; LINCOLN, NE; Abbreviation: LNK)
Other public-use airports nearest to Craig:
- TEKAMAH MUNI (about 14 miles; TEKAMAH, NE; Abbreviation: TQE)
- SCRIBNER STATE (about 22 miles; SCRIBNER, NE; Abbreviation: SCB)
- ONAWA MUNI (about 24 miles; ONAWA, IA; Abbreviation: K36)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Craig:
- UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA (about 37 miles; OMAHA, NE; Full-time enrollment: 10,150)
- CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY (about 37 miles; OMAHA, NE; Full-time enrollment: 5,806)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER (about 37 miles; OMAHA, NE; Full-time enrollment: 2,448)
- WESTERN IOWA TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 41 miles; SIOUX CITY, IA; Full-time enrollment: 2,639)
- METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE AREA (about 44 miles; OMAHA, NE; Full-time enrollment: 6,175)
- IOWA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 53 miles; COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA; Full-time enrollment: 2,840)
- BELLEVUE UNIVERSITY (about 54 miles; BELLEVUE, NE; Full-time enrollment: 2,723)