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Seward County · Nebraska

ZIP code 68313

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 68313 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
866

ZCTA residents

Median income
$98,750

Household, past 12 months

Median home
$181,000

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
5.5%

Nebraska state rate

Quick answer

ZIP 68313 sits in Seward County, Nebraska and is home to 866 people. Median household income is $98,750, the median home is worth $181,000 and median gross rent is $1,670. 90.1% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 5.5% (Nebraska state rate).

County
Seward County

FIPS 31159

State
Nebraska (NE)

586 ZIPs covered

Area codes
Not published

No NANPA match for this ZIP

Metro area
Outside covered metros

Rate jurisdiction used for tax

The numbers for 68313

American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.

Population
866ZIP 68313 residents
Median household income
$98,750Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$181,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$1,670Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
44.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
90.1%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 68313 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 68313 is a very small community in Seward County, Nebraska, with 866 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #264 of 586 ranked by population — larger than 55% of them. The median age here is 44.8 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 ZIP 68313 earn a median of $98,750 a year, 25.7% above the national figure of $78,538. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 12.2% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 68313 is valued at $181,000, 40.3% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,670 a month, 18.8% above the national figure, or roughly $20,040 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.8×, 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. 90.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

With 866 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare ZIP 68313 against its county rather than against national figures.

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.

Reading ZIP 68313 in context

How 68313 sits inside Seward County and Nebraska.

ZIP 68313 is tabulated inside Seward County, Nebraska, one of 10 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 586 across Nebraska. Fewer than 2,500 people are counted here, so the ZIP behaves like a village delivery route rather than a neighbourhood. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 68313 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 68313 reports a median household income of $98,750, 18% above the $83,433 county median, and 39% above the $71,050 typical NE ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $181,000, 3% below the county figure and 14% above the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $1,670 a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.

Nebraska charges 5.5% statewide, and local governments overlapping 68313 may add county, city or special-district levies on top. We publish the state floor for this ZIP rather than guessing a combined figure, because ZIP boundaries and taxing-district boundaries were drawn for different purposes and do not line up.

Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 68313 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.

Sales tax in 68313

What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.

Rate applied
5.5%State base rate only
Tax on $100
$6Rounded to the dollar
Tax on $1,000
$55Before any exemptions

Nebraska levies 5.5% statewide, and counties, cities and special districts inside this ZIP can add their own local rate on top. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.

Affordability in this ZIP

Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.

Rent burden
20%Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
1.8×Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
$939/mo20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
12.2%Residents below poverty line

A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.

How 68313 compares

ZIP 68313 against the median ZIP in Seward County and across Nebraska.

MeasureZIP 68313County medianState medianvs state
Median household income$98,750$83,433$71,050+39%
Median home value$181,000$186,100$159,100+14%
Median gross rent$1,670$910$830+101%
Population866720743+17%

Medians are computed across the 10 ZIP areas in Seward County and the 586 ZIP areas in Nebraska.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 586 Nebraska ZIP areas.

Income

richer than 88% of 556 state ZIPs

#65
Home value

above 59% of 543 state ZIPs

#220
Population

larger than 55% of 586 state ZIPs

#264

Comparable ZIP codes

Nebraska ZIP areas with almost the same household income.

ZIPCountyIncomeHome valueRent
68658Butler County$98,750$176,000$567
68034Washington County$99,293$217,700$1,198
68331Gage County$99,750$247,700$950
68366Cass County$100,000$206,800$1,152
68516Lancaster County$100,093$331,600$1,213
68647Platte County$100,142$205,800$892

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under Seward County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in Seward County, Nebraska.

ZIP 68313 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 68313?
ZIP 68313 lies mostly in Seward County, Nebraska. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
What sales tax do I pay in 68313?
Nebraska charges 5.5% statewide, plus any county, city or district rate that applies locally.
Is 68313 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs $1,670 a month, about 20% of median household income, and the median home is worth $181,000 — +14% against the typical Nebraska ZIP.
Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.

Related pages for this area.

Sources & transparency

Every figure on this page is a published estimate for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 68313, except the affordability ratios and mortgage estimate, which we derive from those medians and label as estimates.

Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.