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Population (year 2000): 3,660. Estimated
population in July 2005: 3,476 (-5.0% change)
Males: 1,800 (49.2%), Females: 1,860 (50.8%)
Cuming County
Zip code:
68788
Median resident age: 39.5 years
Median household income: $32,616 (year 2000)
Median house value: $73,900 (year 2000)
Races in West Point:
- White Non-Hispanic (87.2%)
- Hispanic (12.0%)
- Other race (5.7%)
- Two or more races (1.4%)
- American Indian (0.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (54.2%), Irish (6.1%), Czech
(5.5%), United States (4.8%), Swedish (4.6%), English (4.4%).
Elevation: 1335 feet
Land area: 2.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in West Point
- High school or higher: 71.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.9%
- Unemployed: 3.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 11.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in West Point city
- Never married: 19.3%
- Now married: 59.5%
- Separated: 0.9%
- Widowed: 10.9%
- Divorced: 9.3%
7.8% Foreign born (7.2% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +372 (+11.3%).
Hospital/medical center in West Point:
- ST FRANCIS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (430 NORTH
MONITOR STREET)
Other hospitals/medical centers near West Point:
- OAKLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; OAKLAND,
NE)
- PENDER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; PENDER,
NE)
- PHS INDIAN HOSPITAL (about 32 miles; WINNEBAGO, NE)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to West
Point:
- SIOUX GATEWAY/COL. BUD DAY FIELD (about 45 miles;
SIOUX CITY, IA; ID: SUX)
- KARL STEFAN MEMORIAL (about 51 miles; NORFOLK, NE;
ID: OFK)
- LINCOLN MUNI (about 69 miles; LINCOLN, NE; ID: LNK)
Other public-use airports nearest to West Point:
- SCRIBNER STATE (about 18 miles; SCRIBNER, NE; ID:
SCB)
- PENDER MUNI (about 18 miles; PENDER, NE; ID: 0C4)
- FREMONT MUNI (about 31 miles; FREMONT, NE; ID: FET)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
West Point:
- WAYNE STATE COLLEGE (about 35 miles; WAYNE, NE;
Full-time enrollment: 3,026)
- WESTERN IOWA TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 46 miles;
SIOUX CITY, IA; FT enrollment: 2,639)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA (about 54 miles;
OMAHA, NE; FT enrollment: 10,150)
- CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY (about 54 miles; OMAHA, NE; FT
enrollment: 5,806)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER (about 54
miles; OMAHA, NE; FT enrollment: 2,448)
- NORTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 62 miles;
NORFOLK, NE; FT enrollment: 2,732)
- METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE AREA (about 64 miles;
OMAHA, NE; FT enrollment: 6,175)
Public high school in West Point:
- WEST POINT HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 352;
Grades: 07 - 12)
Private high school in West Point:
- CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 173;
Location: 419 EAST DECATUR; Grades: 9 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in West Point:
- WEST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 354;
Grades: PK - 06)
Private primary/middle schools in West Point:
- GUARDIAN ANGELS ELEM SCHOOL (Students: 328;
Location: 408 EAST WALNUT; Grades: KG - 8)
- ST PAUL LUTHERAN SCHOOL (Students: 130;
Location: 244 EAST WALNUT STREET; Grades: PK - 8)
Library in West Point:
- JOHN A STAHL LIBRARY (Operating income:
$123,539; Location: 330 NORTH COLFAX; 29,086 books; 431
audio materials; 537 video materials; 95 serial
subscriptions)
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