Oconto, NE

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Oconto, NE: 1 USPS ZIP, population 324. 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 OCONTO-NE · Oconto, NE 1 ZIPs · 324 pop · #5196/25278 · Custer County

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

  • INC-HIGH $95,750
  • RANK-UPPER #5196/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Mason City
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 75% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 324
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $72,500

Nearest income peer: Mason City, NE ( $17,000 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 Oconto

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

Top 21%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
324
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$95,750
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 $95,750 and home value $72,500 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 24.0%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (75.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Oconto as a pure owner town.

Within Nebraska, Purdum is the closest lower-income city and Lincoln the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 22 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Oconto.

Population concentration

Oconto's single ZIP 68860 carries the town

Oconto is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 68860 is the entire residential footprint (324 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 Oconto's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 7 establishments, 16 employees , annual payroll $422k (~22 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 68860 (7 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Oconto, NE

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

No other city sharing Custer County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Oconto. Broken Bow, Callaway and Sargent sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Sargent marks the far end of that range at $60,139, 37% below Oconto.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
68860 324 $95,750 7 1

Oconto 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 Oconto, .