ZIP 68323 vs ZIP 68380

This side-by-side compares ZIP 68323 (Burchard, NE) and ZIP 68380 (Lewiston, NE) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 68323 has a population of 315 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 68380 has 81 at 8 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 68323 reports a median household income of $102,083 against $51,250 in ZIP 68380, with per-capita income of $36,409 vs $29,257. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.5% in 68323 and 20.6% in 68380. Poverty rate reads 4.1% vs 17.4%, and unemployment 0.0% 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 $126,800 in 68323 versus $50,000 in 68380, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 93.1% vs 95.7%. 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.