| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (5 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 308 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:14:21 PM |
| Population: | 10,639 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 31145 |
| Land Area: | 848 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 3 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 40.2250, -100.4310 |
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10,787 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 848 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 10,936 to 10,787 from 2014 to 2024 — a -1.4% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 69020 (Bartley, $90,625 median) and poorest ZIP 69026 (Danbury, $38,182) are 18.5 miles apart — a 2.4× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.6× across this county — from $104,700 in 69020 (Bartley) to $164,400 in 69001 (Mc Cook).
Density varies 7× across the county — from 3 people/sq mi in 69026 (Danbury) to 21 in 69001 (Mc Cook).
Educational attainment ranges from 11.9% bachelor's+ in 69026 (Danbury) to 26.2% in 69001 (Mc Cook) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Nebraska, this is the #24 most populous of 107 counties and ranks #55 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $64,164 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
25.0% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (1,853 of 7,406 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.