ZIP 68045 vs ZIP 68063

This side-by-side compares ZIP 68045 (Oakland, NE) and ZIP 68063 (Uehling, NE) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 68045 has a population of 1,801 at 7 people per square mile, while ZIP 68063 has 234 at 52 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 68045 reports a median household income of $75,893 against $61,429 in ZIP 68063, with per-capita income of $33,057 vs $37,798. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.1% in 68045 and 21.2% in 68063. Poverty rate reads 8.8% vs 9.8%, and unemployment 0.4% vs 8.3% — 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 $163,100 in 68045 versus $109,400 in 68063, with median rent of $747 and $1,308 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 72.1% vs 78.2%. 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.