Benkelman, NE
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Benkelman, NE: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,348. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet BENKELMAN-NE · Benkelman, NE 1 ZIPs · 1,348 pop · #20225/25278 · Dundy County
INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $54,375
- RANK-BOTTOM #20225/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Haigler
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 77% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 1,348
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $156,900
Nearest income peer: Haigler, NE ( $4,514 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Benkelman
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Benkelman on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Haigler · lowest
Haigler · lowest
$49,861 median HH income
- Benkelman · this city
Benkelman · this city
$54,375 median HH income
- Parks · near
Parks · near
$60,688 median HH income
- Max · highest
Max · highest
$73,125 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Benkelman, NE sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- 20th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 1,348
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $54,375
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($54,375 average) · poverty 14.3%. The primary code (69021) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (76.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Benkelman as a pure owner town.
Within Nebraska, Chadron is the closest lower-income city and Chambers the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Benkelman.
ZIP Codes in Benkelman, NE
These ZIP codes sit in Dundy County, which covers 4 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Benkelman. See the Dundy County roll-up →
Benkelman sits in the lower half of Dundy County on income: Parks and Max report more, and only Haigler reports less. Max marks the far end of that range at $73,125, 34% above Benkelman.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 69021 | 1,348 | 2 | America/Denver |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Benkelman, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →
Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →
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