Moving to Cook, Nebraska
Population: 322. Estimated population in July 2024: 309 (-4.0% change)
Males: 139 (43.2%), Females: 183 (56.8%)
Johnson County
Zip code: 68329
Demographics
Median resident age: 47.6 years
Median household income: $28,594
Median house value: $49,200
Population by Race
Races in Cook:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.1%)
- Hispanic (1.2%)
Ancestries: German (58.1%), Irish (14.0%), English (11.8%), Swedish (5.0%), Hungarian (3.1%), Polish (2.5%).
Elevation: 1061 feet
Land area: 0.2 square miles
Population by Education
For population 25 years and over in Cook
- High school or higher: 79.7%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 14.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.2%
- Unemployed: 3.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 28.6 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Cook village
- Never married: 15.1%
- Now married: 63.4%
- Separated: 0.7%
- Widowed: 13.6%
- Divorced: 7.2%
2.2% Foreign born (2.2% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: -11 (-3.3%).
Hospitals
Hospitals/medical centers near Cook:
- JOHNSON COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; TECUMSEH, NE)
- COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 11 miles; SYRACUSE, NE)
- ST MARYS HOSPITAL (about 23 miles; NEBRASKA CITY, NE)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Cook:
- LINCOLN MUNI (about 47 miles; LINCOLN, NE; Abbreviation: LNK)
- EPPLEY AIRFIELD (about 58 miles; OMAHA, NE; Abbreviation: OMA)
- MANHATTAN RGNL (about 101 miles; MANHATTAN, KS; Abbreviation: MHK)
Other public-use airports nearest to Cook:
- TECUMSEH MUNICIPAL (about 9 miles; TECUMSEH, NE; Abbreviation: 0G3)
- NEBRASKA CITY MUNICIPAL (about 23 miles; NEBRASKA CITY, NE; Abbreviation: AFK)
- FARINGTON FIELD (about 28 miles; AUBURN, NE; Abbreviation: K01)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Cook:
- UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT LINCOLN (about 43 miles; LINCOLN, NE; Full-time enrollment: 19,806)
- SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE AREA (about 44 miles; LINCOLN, NE; Full-time enrollment: 5,137)
- BELLEVUE UNIVERSITY (about 48 miles; BELLEVUE, NE; Full-time enrollment: 2,723)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA (about 54 miles; OMAHA, NE; Full-time enrollment: 10,150)
- CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY (about 54 miles; OMAHA, NE; Full-time enrollment: 5,806)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER (about 54 miles; OMAHA, NE; Full-time enrollment: 2,448)
- METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE AREA (about 56 miles; OMAHA, NE; Full-time enrollment: 6,175)
Schools
Public high school in Cook:
- JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL AT COOK (Students: 116; Grades: 07 – 12)
Public primary/middle school in Cook:
- ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT COOK (Students: 111; Grades: PK – 06)