| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 308 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:04 PM |
| Population: | 3,783 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 31029 |
| Land Area: | 1,020 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 3 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 40.4697, -101.5593 |
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3,783 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 1,020 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 4,200 to 3,783 from 2014 to 2024 — a -9.9% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 69023 (Champion, $114,107 median) and poorest ZIP 69045 (Wauneta, $49,250) are 24.6 miles apart — a 2.3× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 2.7× across this county — from $108,900 in 69045 (Wauneta) to $293,300 in 69023 (Champion).
Density varies 7× across the county — from 1 people/sq mi in 69027 (Enders) to 7 in 69033 (Imperial).
Educational attainment ranges from 18.5% bachelor's+ in 69045 (Wauneta) to 43.0% in 69023 (Champion) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Nebraska, this is the #58 most populous of 107 counties and ranks #32 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $67,261 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 (648 of 2,632 reporting).
4 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.
Chase County lost 9.9% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: