Carleton, NE

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Carleton, NE: 1 USPS ZIP, population 241. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet CARLETON-NE · Carleton, NE 1 ZIPs · 241 pop · #7574/25278 · Thayer County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-HIGH $85,486
  • RANK-UPPER #7574/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Bruning
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 83% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 241
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $140,600

Nearest income peer: Bruning, NE (+ $2,986 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 Carleton

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Carleton on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

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.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Carleton, NE sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 30%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
241
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$85,486
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.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 68326 (241 residents). Household income $85,486 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (83.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Carleton as a pure owner town.

Within Nebraska, Cedar Bluffs is the closest lower-income city and Sutton the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Carleton.

Population concentration

Carleton reads through its lone ZIP, 68326

241 ACS residents, one ZIP: 68326 is not the leading code inside Carleton, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Carleton's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 11 establishments, 48 employees , annual payroll $2,593k (~46 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 68326 (11 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Carleton, NE

These ZIP codes sit in Thayer County, which covers 11 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Carleton. See the Thayer County roll-up →

Carleton sits in the upper half of Thayer County on income: Hebron, Deshler and Davenport report less, while Bruning reports more. Hubbell marks the far end of that range at $48,594, 43% below Carleton.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
68326 241 $85,486 11 2

Carleton roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Carleton, .