| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 1 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 308 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:07 PM |
| Population: | 9,056 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 31137 |
| Land Area: | 510 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 0 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 40.4810, -99.4457 |
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9,056 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 510 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 8,998 to 9,056 from 2014 to 2024 — a +0.6% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 68940 (Funk, $107,841 median) and poorest ZIP 68949 (Holdrege, $63,273) are 9.2 miles apart — a 1.7× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.1× across this county — from $183,700 in 68927 (Bertrand) to $209,400 in 68940 (Funk).
Density varies 27× across the county — from 7 people/sq mi in 68940 (Funk) to 194 in 68923 (Atlanta).
Educational attainment ranges from 1.1% bachelor's+ in 68923 (Atlanta) to 31.2% in 68949 (Holdrege) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Nebraska, this is the #31 most populous of 107 counties and ranks #37 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $67,254 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
29.7% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (1,819 of 6,117 reporting).
4 Standard delivery, 1 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.