PlainZIP

Waterbury, NE

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Waterbury, NE: 1 USPS ZIP, population 274. 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 WATERBURY-NE · Waterbury, NE 1 ZIPs · 274 pop · #2708/25278 · Dixon County

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

  • INC-TOP $113,750
  • RANK-TOP #2708/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Newcastle
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 100% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 274
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $220,000

Nearest income peer: Newcastle, NE ( $25,278 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 Waterbury

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

Top 11%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
274
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$113,750
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 $113,750 and home value $220,000 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 7.4%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (100.0%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

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

Population concentration

Waterbury's single ZIP 68785 carries the town

Waterbury is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 68785 is the entire residential footprint (274 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

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Waterbury

Citywide ZBP: 4 establishments, 110 employees , annual payroll $10,100k (~15 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 68785 (4 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (3) .

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ZIP Codes in Waterbury, NE

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

No other city sharing Dixon County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Waterbury. Wakefield, Ponca and Emerson sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Maskell marks the far end of that range at $61,250, 46% below Waterbury.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
68785 274 $113,750 4 4
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Waterbury 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 Waterbury, .