| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 308 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:08 PM |
| Population: | 4,095 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 31175 |
| Land Area: | 595 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 2 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 41.5436, -99.0141 |
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4,095 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 595 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 4,192 to 4,095 from 2014 to 2024 — a -2.3% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 68837 (Elyria, $80,833 median) and poorest ZIP 68859 (North Loup, $50,000) are 18.6 miles apart — a 1.6× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.6× across this county — from $101,700 in 68859 (North Loup) to $163,100 in 68862 (Ord).
Density varies 3× across the county — from 4 people/sq mi in 68859 (North Loup) to 10 in 68862 (Ord).
Educational attainment ranges from 11.0% bachelor's+ in 68837 (Elyria) to 27.6% in 68862 (Ord) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Nebraska, this is the #57 most populous of 107 counties and ranks #74 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $61,478 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
25.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (754 of 2,909 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.