Merriman, NE

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Merriman, NE: 1 USPS ZIP, population 260. 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 MERRIMAN-NE · Merriman, NE 1 ZIPs · 260 pop · #9722/25278 · Cherry County

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

  • INC-HIGH $78,672
  • RANK-UPPER #9722/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Cody
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 74% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 260
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $106,300

Nearest income peer: Cody, NE ( $3,984 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 Merriman

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Merriman 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 2026-08-06

National city placement

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

Top 38%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
260
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$78,672
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 69218 (260 residents). Household income $78,672 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (73.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Merriman as a pure owner town.

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

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ZIP Codes in Merriman, NE

These ZIP codes sit in Cherry County, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Merriman. See the Cherry County roll-up →

No other city sharing Cherry County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Merriman. Valentine, Cody and Kilgore sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Kilgore marks the far end of that range at $53,500, 32% below Merriman.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
69218 260 0 America/Denver

On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Merriman, 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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