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Scotts Bluff County · Nebraska

ZIP code 69356

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 69356 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
2,301

ZCTA residents

Median income
$70,647

Household, past 12 months

Median home
$180,400

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
5.5%

Nebraska state rate

Quick answer

ZIP 69356 sits in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska and is home to 2,301 people. Median household income is $70,647, the median home is worth $180,400 and median gross rent is —. 86.9% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 5.5% (Nebraska state rate).

County
Scotts Bluff County

FIPS 31157

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 69356

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

Population
2,301ZIP 69356 residents
Median household income
$70,647Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$180,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
—Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
40.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
86.9%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 69356 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 69356 is a small town in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, with 2,301 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #130 of 586 ranked by population — larger than 77% of them. The median age here is 40.7 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 69356 earn a median of $70,647 a year, 10% below the national figure of $78,538. 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 11.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 69356 is valued at $180,400, 40.5% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 86.9% 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. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

The Census withheld gross rent for ZIP 69356 because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.

Reading ZIP 69356 in context

How 69356 sits inside Scotts Bluff County and Nebraska.

ZIP 69356 is tabulated inside Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, one of 5 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 69356 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 69356 reports a median household income of $70,647, 14% above the $62,168 county median, and close to the $71,050 typical NE ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $180,400, 87% above the county figure and 13% above the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at not published 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 69356 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 69356 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 69356

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
—Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
2.6×Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
$936/mo20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
11.1%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 69356 compares

ZIP 69356 against the median ZIP in Scotts Bluff County and across Nebraska.

MeasureZIP 69356County medianState medianvs state
Median household income$70,647$62,168$71,050-1%
Median home value$180,400$96,400$159,100+13%
Median gross rent—$797$830—
Population2,301672743+210%

Medians are computed across the 5 ZIP areas in Scotts Bluff County and the 586 ZIP areas in Nebraska.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 586 Nebraska ZIP areas.

Income

richer than 49% of 556 state ZIPs

#286
Home value

above 59% of 543 state ZIPs

#223
Population

larger than 78% of 586 state ZIPs

#130

Comparable ZIP codes

Nebraska ZIP areas with almost the same household income.

ZIPCountyIncomeHome valueRent
68106Douglas County$70,649$202,900$1,234
68601Platte County$70,697$204,700$872
68506Lancaster County$70,501$245,200$1,147
68944Clay County$70,833$123,900$737
68319York County$70,993$146,700$956
68041Saunders County$70,263$223,500$883

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under Scotts Bluff County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska.

ZIP 69356 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 69356?
ZIP 69356 lies mostly in Scotts Bluff 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 69356?
Nebraska charges 5.5% statewide, plus any county, city or district rate that applies locally.
Is 69356 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs — a month, and the median home is worth $180,400 — +13% 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 69356, 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.