| ZIP Codes: | 3 ZIP Codes (3 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 308 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:05 PM |
| Population: | 1,855 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 31069 |
| Land Area: | 1,293 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 10 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 41.5627, -102.3410 |
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1,855 residents live across 3 ZIPs covering 1,293 sq mi, served by 3 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 2,030 to 1,855 from 2014 to 2024 — a -8.6% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 69154 (Oshkosh, $41,348 median) and poorest ZIP 69147 (Lewellen, $41,196) are 11.8 miles apart — a 1.0× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.1× across this county — from $112,800 in 69154 (Oshkosh) to $123,900 in 69147 (Lewellen).
Density varies 21× across the county — from 0 people/sq mi in 69148 (Lisco) to 3 in 69154 (Oshkosh).
Educational attainment ranges from 21.1% bachelor's+ in 69154 (Oshkosh) to 21.4% in 69147 (Lewellen) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Nebraska, this is the #76 most populous of 107 counties and ranks #106 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $41,288 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
20.4% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (277 of 1,359 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.
Garden County lost 8.6% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: