| ZIP Codes: | 2 ZIP Codes (2 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 308 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:04 PM |
| Population: | 10,858 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 31013 |
| Land Area: | 1,693 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 11 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 42.2187, -103.0035 |
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10,858 residents live across 2 ZIPs covering 1,693 sq mi, served by 2 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 11,708 to 10,858 from 2014 to 2024 — a -7.3% change. 0 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 69348 (Hemingford, $76,719 median) and poorest ZIP 69301 (Alliance, $68,371) are 21.8 miles apart — a 1.1× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.3× across this county — from $133,600 in 69348 (Hemingford) to $169,900 in 69301 (Alliance).
Density varies 4× across the county — from 2 people/sq mi in 69348 (Hemingford) to 9 in 69301 (Alliance).
Educational attainment ranges from 17.8% bachelor's+ in 69301 (Alliance) to 25.3% in 69348 (Hemingford) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Nebraska, this is the #23 most populous of 107 counties and ranks #51 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $69,397 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
18.7% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (1,408 of 7,524 reporting).
2 Standard delivery, 0 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
One ZIP holds the majority of this county's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.
Box Butte County lost 7.3% of residents between 2014 and 2024.