ZIP 68071 vs ZIP 68047

This side-by-side compares ZIP 68071 (Winnebago, NE) and ZIP 68047 (Pender, NE) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 68071 has a population of 1,934 at 10 people per square mile, while ZIP 68047 has 1,614 at 5 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 68071 reports a median household income of $67,632 against $87,375 in ZIP 68047, with per-capita income of $21,986 vs $37,452. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 16.2% in 68071 and 30.8% in 68047. Poverty rate reads 16.5% vs 7.6%, and unemployment 11.4% vs 3.5% — 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 $87,400 in 68071 versus $217,000 in 68047, with median rent of $668 and $877 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 42.7% vs 79.6%. 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.