Crete is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Crete enrolled in college, Crete has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
The citizens of Crete are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.58% of adults in Crete having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Crete in 2022 was $28,686, which is low income relative to Nebraska, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,744 for a family of four. However, Crete contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Crete is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Crete home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Crete residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Crete also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 40.96% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Crete include German, Irish, English, Czech, and Swiss.
In addition, Crete has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (23.21%).
The most common language spoken in Crete is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
