ZIP 68046 vs ZIP 68128

This side-by-side compares ZIP 68046 (Papillion, NE) and ZIP 68128 (La Vista, NE) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 68046 has a population of 25,191 at 359 people per square mile, while ZIP 68128 has 17,784 at 1,072 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 68046 reports a median household income of $116,907 against $86,410 in ZIP 68128, with per-capita income of $55,495 vs $46,538. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 52.3% in 68046 and 37.3% in 68128. Poverty rate reads 5.1% vs 6.6%, and unemployment 2.2% vs 3.8% — 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 $360,000 in 68046 versus $291,300 in 68128, with median rent of $1,298 and $1,306 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.4% vs 56.7%. 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.