| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (5 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 308 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:06 PM |
| Population: | 8,029 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 31101 |
| Land Area: | 1,169 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 48 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 41.2018, -101.6685 |
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8,029 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 1,169 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 8,033 to 8,029 from 2014 to 2024 — a 0.0% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 4 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 69155 (Paxton, $64,432 median) and poorest ZIP 69146 (Lemoyne, $43,068) are 26.0 miles apart — a 1.5× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 2.0× across this county — from $145,500 in 69155 (Paxton) to $290,300 in 69144 (Keystone).
Density varies 20× across the county — from 1 people/sq mi in 69144 (Keystone) to 23 in 69153 (Ogallala).
Educational attainment ranges from 2.7% bachelor's+ in 69146 (Lemoyne) to 25.2% in 69153 (Ogallala) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Nebraska, this is the #33 most populous of 107 counties and ranks #94 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $60,406 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
23.8% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (1,422 of 5,980 reporting).
5 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.