| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 970 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:07 PM |
| Population: | 2,299 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 08115 |
| Land Area: | 834 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 1 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 40.8656, -102.3625 |
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2,721 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 834 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 2,914 to 2,721 from 2014 to 2024 — a -6.6% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 69134 (Elsie, $86,250 median) and poorest ZIP 69140 (Grant, $70,417) are 20.2 miles apart — a 1.2× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 2.5× across this county — from $85,600 in 69168 (Venango) to $210,900 in 69150 (Madrid).
Educational attainment ranges from 15.1% bachelor's+ in 69150 (Madrid) to 30.5% in 69134 (Elsie) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Nebraska, this is the #59 most populous of 65 counties and ranks #46 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $74,002 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 (467 of 1,895 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.