Ogallala, NE

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Ogallala, NE: 1 USPS ZIP, population 5,769. 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 OGALLALA-NE · Ogallala, NE 1 ZIPs · 5,769 pop · #16892/25278 · Keith County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $61,946
  • RANK-LOWER #16892/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Keystone
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 73% owners
  • POP-TOWN 5,769
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $163,000

Nearest income peer: Keystone, NE (+ $554 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 Ogallala

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Ogallala 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, Ogallala, NE sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

33rd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
5,769
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$61,946
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.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $61,946 and poverty 11.0% concentrate in 69153.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (72.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Ogallala as a pure owner town.

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

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ZIP Codes in Ogallala, NE

These ZIP codes sit in Keith County, which covers 5 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Ogallala. See the Keith County roll-up →

Ogallala sits in the upper half of Keith County on income: Brule and Lemoyne report less, while Paxton reports more. Lemoyne marks the far end of that range at $43,068, 30% below Ogallala.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
69153 5,769 12 America/Denver

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