PlainZIP

Franklin, NE

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Franklin, NE: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,318. 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 FRANKLIN-NE · Franklin, NE 1 ZIPs · 1,318 pop · #20334/25278 · Franklin County

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

  • INC-MID $54,083
  • RANK-BOTTOM #20334/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Riverton
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 82% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,318
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $90,000

Nearest income peer: Riverton, NE ( $4,083 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 Franklin

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Franklin 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, Franklin, 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
1,318
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$54,083
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 ($54,083 average) · poverty 13.7%. The primary code (68939) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (82.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Franklin as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Franklin's single ZIP 68939 carries the town

Franklin is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 68939 is the entire residential footprint (1,318 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Franklin's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 47 establishments, 289 employees , annual payroll $11,413k (~36 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 68939 (47 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (11) · also Health care and social assistance · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Franklin, NE

These ZIP codes sit in Franklin County, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Franklin. See the Franklin County roll-up →

Franklin sits in the lower half of Franklin County on income: Hildreth, Campbell and Upland report more, and only Riverton reports less. Naponee marks the far end of that range at $85,278, 58% above Franklin.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
68939 1,318 $54,083 47 4
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Franklin 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 Franklin, .