County / FIPS 31131
Otoe County
Nebraska
Otoe County runs 10 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 2 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
10
Hospitals
2
With a star rating
1
Land area
616
Otoe County in numbers
American Community Survey five-year estimates ending 2024. These are sample estimates, not a count — each carries a margin of error, and where that margin is too wide to mean anything the figure is withheld rather than printed.
Population
16,241
Median household income
$82,188
Poverty rate
9.1%
Unemployment rate
Not published
Median home value
$201,600
Median gross rent
$914
Bachelor's degree or higher
27.2%
One figure is withheld above. The Census Bureau publishes them, but with a margin of error wider than 30% of the value — which for a place this size means the survey sampled too few households to say. They are left out rather than shown with a caveat nobody reads.
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Otoe County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$127.9M
Per resident
$8,041
Change since FY2021
+6%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $121M |
| 2022 | $101M |
| 2023 | $115M |
| 2024 | $148M |
| 2025 | $128M |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Otoe County ranks 2106th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Otoe County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Chi Health St Mary'S | Nebraska City | |
| Syracuse Area Health | Syracuse | Not rated |
Public schools in Otoe County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elementary School at Syracuse | Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca Schools | Syracuse | 271 |
| Hayward Elementary School | Nebraska City Public Schools | Nebraska City | 280 |
| High School at Syracuse | Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca Schools | Syracuse | 217 |
| Jr-Sr High School at Palmyra | Palmyra District O R 1 | Palmyra | 163 |
| Middle School at Syracuse | Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca Schools | Syracuse | 305 |
| Nebraska City High School | Nebraska City Public Schools | Nebraska City | 428 |
| Nebraska City Middle School | Nebraska City Public Schools | Nebraska City | 326 |
| Nebraska City Northside Elem | Nebraska City Public Schools | Nebraska City | 394 |
| Palmyra Middle School | Palmyra District O R 1 | Palmyra | 148 |
| Ne Center for Educ of Blind | Educational Service Unit 04 | Nebraska City | — |