Wauneta, NE
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Wauneta, NE: 1 USPS ZIP, population 975. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet WAUNETA-NE · Wauneta, NE 1 ZIPs · 975 pop · #22014/25278 · Chase County
INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $49,250
- RANK-BOTTOM #22014/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Imperial
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 68% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 975
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $108,900
Nearest income peer: Imperial, NE (+ $17,885 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 Wauneta
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Wauneta on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Wauneta · this city · lowest
Wauneta · this city · lowest
$49,250 median HH income
- Imperial · near
Imperial · near
$67,135 median HH income
- Champion · highest
Champion · highest
$114,107 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Wauneta, NE sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- 13th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 975
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $49,250
- 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.
Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($49,250 average) · poverty 11.7%. The primary code (69045) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (67.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Wauneta as a pure owner town.
Within Nebraska, Mullen is the closest lower-income city and Wallace the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Wauneta.
ZIP Codes in Wauneta, NE
These ZIP codes sit in Chase County, which covers 4 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Wauneta. See the Chase County roll-up →
Every one of the 2 cities sharing Chase County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Wauneta, Imperial and Champion among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Champion marks the far end of that range at $114,107, 132% above Wauneta.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 69045 | 975 | 1 | America/Denver |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Wauneta, 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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