| ZIP Codes: | 3 ZIP Codes (3 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Codes: | 402 / 531 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:04 PM |
| Population: | 2,911 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 31017 |
| Land Area: | 1,269 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 4 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 42.5384, -99.9433 |
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2,911 residents live across 3 ZIPs covering 1,269 sq mi, served by 3 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 3,114 to 2,911 from 2014 to 2024 — a -6.5% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 69214 (Johnstown, $64,293 median) and poorest ZIP 69217 (Long Pine, $39,438) are 22.9 miles apart — a 1.6× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 3.3× across this county — from $55,900 in 69217 (Long Pine) to $181,700 in 69214 (Johnstown).
Density varies 3× across the county — from 1 people/sq mi in 69214 (Johnstown) to 3 in 69210 (Ainsworth).
Educational attainment ranges from 19.4% bachelor's+ in 69214 (Johnstown) to 28.3% in 69217 (Long Pine) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Nebraska, this is the #62 most populous of 107 counties and ranks #98 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $53,885 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
24.6% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (509 of 2,066 reporting).
3 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.
Brown County lost 6.5% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: