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Wakefield, NE

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Wakefield, NE: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,104. 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 WAKEFIELD-NE · Wakefield, NE 1 ZIPs · 2,104 pop · #16739/25278 · Dixon County

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

  • INC-MID $62,216
  • RANK-LOWER #16739/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Maskell
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 68% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,104
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $144,900

Nearest income peer: Maskell, NE ( $966 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 Wakefield

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

34th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,104
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$62,216
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 $62,216 and poverty 5.6% concentrate in 68784.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (68.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Wakefield as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Wakefield reads through its lone ZIP, 68784

2,104 ACS residents, one ZIP: 68784 is not the leading code inside Wakefield, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Wakefield's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 35 establishments, 818 employees , annual payroll $41,089k (~17 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 68784 (35 units) ; leading NAICS Other services (except public administration) (7) · also Construction · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Wakefield, NE

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

Every one of the 8 cities sharing Dixon County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Wakefield, Ponca, Emerson and Allen among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Waterbury marks the far end of that range at $113,750, 83% above Wakefield.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
68784 2,104 $62,216 35 8
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Wakefield 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 Wakefield, .