ZIP 68028 vs ZIP 68058

This side-by-side compares ZIP 68028 (Gretna, NE) and ZIP 68058 (South Bend, NE) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 68028 has a population of 10,839 at 65 people per square mile, while ZIP 68058 has 252 at 160 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 68028 reports a median household income of $143,604 against $138,281 in ZIP 68058, with per-capita income of $53,935 vs $62,299. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 52.9% in 68028 and 55.2% in 68058. Poverty rate reads 2.6% vs 5.0%, and unemployment 1.4% vs 0.0% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $407,400 in 68028 versus $541,700 in 68058, with median rent of $1,546 and $960 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.5% vs 94.5%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.