ZIP code 68787

ZIP 68787 is a mid-size town in Wayne County, Nebraska, with 6,816 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #75 of 586 ranked by population — larger than 87% of them. The median age here is 24.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in ZIP 68787 earn a median of $59,184 a year, 24.6% below the national figure of $78,538. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 17.1% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 68787 is valued at $206,900, 31.8% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $705 a month, 49.9% below the national figure, or roughly $8,460 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.3% 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 3.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 60.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

A median age of 24.3 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address.

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.

ZIP 68787 is tabulated inside Wayne County, Nebraska, one of 4 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 586 across Nebraska. Population sits in the small-town band, typically one main street plus the addresses that feed into it. 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 68787 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 68787 reports a median household income of $59,184, 20% below the $74,283 county median, and 17% below the $71,050 typical NE ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $206,900, 4% above the county figure and 30% above the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $705 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 68787 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 68787 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.