| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 785 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:14:19 PM |
| Population: | 623 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 20153 |
| Land Area: | 847 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 0 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 40.1335, -101.0318 |
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2,752 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 847 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 3,279 to 2,752 from 2014 to 2024 — a -16.1% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 69040 (Palisade, $73,750 median) and poorest ZIP 69044 (Trenton, $48,188) are 16.6 miles apart — a 1.5× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.4× across this county — from $75,600 in 69043 (Stratton) to $109,200 in 69040 (Palisade).
Density varies 1× across the county — from 3 people/sq mi in 69043 (Stratton) to 4 in 69024 (Culbertson).
Educational attainment ranges from 17.7% bachelor's+ in 69043 (Stratton) to 23.2% in 69024 (Culbertson) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Nebraska, this is the #94 most populous of 107 counties and ranks #103 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $55,028 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
20.8% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (406 of 1,952 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.
Hitchcock County lost 21.5% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: