Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.55 minutes getting to work every day.
The percentage of adults in Grand Island who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.89% of the adults in Grand Island have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Grand Island in 2018 was $31,500, which is lower middle income relative to Nebraska, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,000 for a family of four. However, Grand Island contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Grand Island is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Grand Island home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Grand Island residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Grand Island also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 34.00% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Grand Island include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Czech.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Grand Island's cultural character, accounting for 16.94% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Grand Island is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
