Plainview, NE

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Plainview, NE: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,806. 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 PLAINVIEW-NE · Plainview, NE 1 ZIPs · 1,806 pop · #16954/25278 · Pierce County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $61,833
  • RANK-LOWER #16954/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Osmond
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 73% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,806
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $122,500

Nearest income peer: Osmond, NE (+ $8,861 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 Plainview

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

33rd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,806
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$61,833
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 $61,833 and poverty 9.3% concentrate in 68769.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (72.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Plainview as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Plainview's single ZIP 68769 carries the town

Plainview is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 68769 is the entire residential footprint (1,806 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 Plainview's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 66 establishments, 495 employees , annual payroll $31,308k (~37 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 68769 (66 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (10) · also Construction · Finance and insurance .

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ZIP Codes in Plainview, NE

These ZIP codes sit in Pierce County, which covers 4 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Plainview. See the Pierce County roll-up →

Every one of the 3 cities sharing Pierce County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Plainview, Pierce, Osmond and Mclean among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Mclean marks the far end of that range at $88,438, 43% above Plainview.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
68769 1,806 $61,833 66 5

Plainview 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 Plainview, .