Nebraska · Census place 37280
Ord, NE population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Ord, Nebraska (Ord, NE — Census place “Ord city”) is 2,186 residents, ranking #60 of 593 places in Nebraska. Median household income is $53,274, the median home is worth $109,500 and median gross rent runs $638 a month. Looking for the Ord Nebraska ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Ord, NE: 68862.
- Population
- 2,186Ord city residents
- Median household income
- $53,274Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $109,500Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $638Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 40.1 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 67.8%Owner-occupied households
Ord ZIP codes (Nebraska)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ord.
The Ord NE ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Ord city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Ord city median would spend about 14.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.9% of residents and 67.8% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Ord city, NE in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Ord city is a small town in Nebraska, with 2,186 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #60 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 90% of them. The median age here is 40.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Ord city earn a median of $53,274 a year, 32.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 21% below the $67,419 median for the 119 Nebraska cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 10.9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Ord city is valued at $109,500, 63.9% below the national figure and 32% below the $161,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $638 a month, 54.6% below the national figure, or roughly $7,656 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 67.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Nebraska.
- Imperial city 2,182
- Beaver Lake CDP 2,198
- Wilber city 2,178
- Geneva city 2,214
- Kimball city 2,153
- Bennington city 2,417
- Madison city 2,074
- St. Paul city 2,574
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Ord city?
- Ord city has 2,186 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #60 of 593 in Nebraska.
- What is the median household income in Ord city?
- Median household income in Ord city is $53,274 a year, 32.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ord city?
- Median gross rent is $638 a month and the median home value is $109,500, so rent absorbs about 14.4% of median household income.
- Is Ord city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ord city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Ord city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.