PlainZIP

Farwell, NE

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Farwell, NE: 1 USPS ZIP, population 301. 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 FARWELL-NE · Farwell, NE 1 ZIPs · 301 pop · #3873/25278 · Howard County

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

  • INC-HIGH $103,750
  • RANK-TOP #3873/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Saint Libory
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 75% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 301
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $156,300

Nearest income peer: Saint Libory, NE ( $19,250 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 Farwell

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Farwell 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, Farwell, NE sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 15%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
301
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$103,750
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.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $103,750 and home value $156,300 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 29.3%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (75.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Farwell as a pure owner town.

Within Nebraska, Hoskins is the closest lower-income city and Center the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Farwell.

Population concentration

Farwell's single ZIP 68838 carries the town

Farwell is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 68838 is the entire residential footprint (301 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Farwell's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 5 establishments, 28 employees , annual payroll $628k (~17 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 68838 (5 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Farwell, NE

These ZIP codes sit in Howard County, which covers 6 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Farwell. See the Howard County roll-up →

No other city sharing Howard County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Farwell. Saint Paul, Saint Libory and Dannebrog sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Elba marks the far end of that range at $52,292, 50% below Farwell.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
68838 301 $103,750 5 2
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Farwell 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 Farwell, .