One of the benefits of Scottsbluff is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 11.44 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, Scottsbluff does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Scottsbluff who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.62% of adults in Scottsbluff have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Scottsbluff in 2022 was $31,472, 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 $125,888 for a family of four. However, Scottsbluff contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Scottsbluff is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Scottsbluff home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Scottsbluff residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Scottsbluff also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.86% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Scottsbluff include German, Irish, English, Russian, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Scottsbluff is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
