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Kearney, NE ZIP Codes

4 ZIP codes use the postal name Kearney, Nebraska (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 3 residential and 1 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $73,818 in 68847 to $76,978 in 68845 (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Kearney's most populous ZIP code is 68845, with 20,536 people (ACS 2020-2024); 5% of its land is in the city of Kearney.

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Where are Kearney's ZIP codes?

68845: $77k median household income68847: $74k median household income68849: – median household income688456884768845: $77k median household income68847: $74k median household income68849: – median household income688456884768845: $77k median household income68847: $74k median household income68849: – median household income6884568847
The 3 residential ZIP codes named Kearney, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are Kearney's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 68845 ($76,978), the lowest in 68847 ($73,818). Home values run from $238,400 in 68847 to $282,000 in 68845.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).

All 3 residential ZIP codes of Kearney

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Kearney, NE, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
68845 Buffalo County 20,536 166 $77k $282k
68847 Buffalo County 18,354 167 $74k $238k
68849 Buffalo County 1,385 6,295 – –

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Kearney

1 ZIP code named Kearney has no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

Kearney, NE: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
68848Buffalo County

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do Kearney's ZIP codes reach?

Kearney's residential ZIP codes lie in 3 counties: Buffalo County (3 ZIP codes mainly there), Kearney County (part of a ZIP code), Phelps County (part of a ZIP code).

Which places do Kearney's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Kearney's residential ZIP codes cover Kearney itself and 2 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

  • Glenwood census-designated 68847
  • Odessa census-designated 68845

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).

Which first three digits do Kearney's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of Kearney starts with 688.

Three-digit prefixes of Kearney's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Kearney's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
688 Lincoln, NE (SCF 683) 4 66

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.