ZIP 68034 vs ZIP 68068

This side-by-side compares ZIP 68034 (Kennard, NE) and ZIP 68068 (Washington, NE) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 68034 has a population of 886 at 10 people per square mile, while ZIP 68068 has 127 at 287 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 68034 reports a median household income of $110,000 against $106,458 in ZIP 68068, with per-capita income of $48,919 vs $51,299. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.3% in 68034 and 27.5% in 68068. Poverty rate reads 3.0% vs 6.6%, and unemployment 1.5% vs 2.4% — 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 $258,300 in 68034 versus $209,100 in 68068, with median rent of $1,106 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.1% vs 96.5%. 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.