Census-designated place · Stanton County, Nebraska

Woodland Park, Nebraska

Woodland Park is a census-designated place in Stanton County, Nebraska, part of the Norfolk, NE metro area. It has 1,657 residents. Woodland Park, Nebraska has a quality-of-life score of 72 out of 100 (high), ranking #4,356 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Nebraska it ranks #90 of 119 cities and towns. It ranks best on job growth (high), preventable hospital stays (low) and drug overdose deaths (low). It ranks worst on arts, entertainment and recreation (low), mental health providers (low) and pharmacies (low).

72High

Quality-of-life score: #4,356 of 15,651 cities and towns
Nebraska: #90 of 119 in NE
Population: 1,657 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 1,059.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 3153580

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 66 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety—
Economy85#2,352/15,631
Housing95#738/14,977
Health79#3,225/15,609
Healthcare30#10,895/15,650
Environment74#4,054/15,453
Education69#4,930/15,649
Infrastructure34#10,268/15,650
Community78#3,480/15,651
Leisure & amenities7#14,559/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Woodland Park, Nebraska ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Stanton County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Job growth · high13.6%
100/100Nebraska -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataStanton County value
Preventable hospital stays · low1,011 /100k
99/100Nebraska 2,494 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStanton County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Nebraska 6.6 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataStanton County value
Unemployment rate · low0.0%
98/100Nebraska 3.0%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Rent as share of income · low14.2%
98/100Nebraska 27.9%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Loneliness · low30.4%
98/100Nebraska 29.8%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.0 /10k
1/100Nebraska 5.2 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsStanton County value
Mental health providers · low17 /100k
1/100Nebraska 362 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStanton County value
Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Nebraska 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsStanton County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Nebraska 3.9 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyStanton County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Nebraska 1.4 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsStanton County value
New business applications · low7.8 /1k
6/100Nebraska 11.3 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauStanton County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
45.5% (2015-2019) → 8.5% (2020-2024)
−37 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.7× (2015-2019) → 2.2× (2020-2024)
+29%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Average commute timeWorsening
18.8 min (2015-2019) → 23.3 min (2020-2024)
+24%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Rent as share of incomeImproving
18.6% (2015-2019) → 14.2% (2020-2024)
−4.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.319 (2015-2019) → 0.381 (2020-2024)
+19%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483
Unemployment rateImproving
3.5% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−3.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Woodland Park, Nebraska improved on 0 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Woodland Park, Nebraska between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	18.8 min2015-2019	23.3 min2020-2024	+4.5 min	Within the margin of error	12%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%2015-2019	24.8%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Broadband subscriptions	89.8%2015-2019	86.9%2020-2024	−2.9 points	Within the margin of error	4%
Effective property tax rate	1.54%2015-2019	1.66%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	6%
High school diploma or higher	92.6%2015-2019	90.9%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Home price to income ratio	1.7×2015-2019	2.2×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	48%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3192015-2019	0.3812020-2024	+0.062	Within the margin of error	12%
Median household income	$63,3002015-2019	$74,0002020-2024	+17%	Within the margin of error	27%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.5%2015-2019	8.3%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	36%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Woodland Park, Nebraska five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Woodland Park, Nebraska in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Woodland Park, Nebraska itself moved −18.8 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,657 residents (±221)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,657 residents (±221)

Woodland Park, Nebraska
Nebraska share

White81%1,350
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino18%†290

Education

1,097 residents (±166)

Woodland Park, Nebraska
Nebraska share

No high school diploma9.1%†100
High school or GED35%381
Some college9.8%†108

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

664 households (±101)

Woodland Park, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under $25k21%†140
$25k–50k7.5%†50
$50k–75k23%†152
$75k–100k17%†112
$100k–150k16%†109
$150k–200k9.8%†65
$200k or more5.4%†36

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−19.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

664 households (±101)

Woodland Park, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Own89%590
Rent11%†74

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

59 households (±43)

Woodland Park, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under $75019%†11
$750–1,00020%†12
$1,000–1,50017%†10

Home values

590 homes (±101)

Woodland Park, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under $150k32%†187
$150k–250k66%†389
$250k–400k1.2%†7

Age of homes

664 homes (±101)

Woodland Park, Nebraska
Nebraska share

2010 or later2.1%†14
2000–20097.5%†50
1980–199937%†245

Size of homes

664 homes (±101)

Woodland Park, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Studio4.4%†29
1 bedroom3.3%†22
2 bedrooms16%†105

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

929 workers (±159)

Woodland Park, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Drive alone85%791
Carpool6.0%†56
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home8.8%†82
Other0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

847 workers (±123)

Woodland Park, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under 15 min38%319
15–29 min36%†309
30–44 min14%†121

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Norfolk, NE

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Stanton County, the county holding most of Woodland Park's residents.

Stanton County has 104 employer establishments, 178 for every 10,000 residents (0.72× the US rate of 248; 0.63× Nebraska's), with 979 paid employees at an average annual pay of $107,888. The Census Bureau also counts 487 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 104; 487 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 178; US 248 · Nebraska 284
Paid employees: 979
Average annual pay: $107,888; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Stanton County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Truck transportation	22	37.6	7.44×More than typical	48	$48,250	47
Specialty trade contractors	10	17.1	1.10×About typical	27	$60,556	44
Construction of buildings	8	13.7	1.81×Too few to compare	13	$41,308	17
Automotive repair and maintenance	5	8.6	1.70×Too few to compare	14	$43,571	12
Religious organizations	5	8.6	1.54×Too few to compare	17	$15,235	—
Ambulatory health care services	4	6.8	0.33×Too few to compare	7	$81,571	17
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	4	6.8	2.17×Too few to compare	7	$89,857	9
Banks and credit unions	3	5.1	1.59×Too few to compare	30	$54,467	—
Gasoline stations	3	5.1	1.58×Too few to compare	31	$22,258	—
Other specialty trade contractors	3	5.1	2.04×Too few to compare	13	$58,846	12
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	7
Advertising, public relations and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—

Rank places for an industry Open Stanton County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 5,846 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Woodland Park, Nebraska: $0 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $2,007
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

849.6FY2019
8.4KFY2023

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Woodland Park, Nebraska, so they do not add up across cities.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Woodland Park is mostly in Stanton County.

See federal money in Stanton County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Woodland Park, Nebraska is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mike FloodR-NE-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 0.7%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Stanton County79100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Norfolk, NE92

Other cities and towns in Stanton County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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