ZIP 68372 vs ZIP 68358

This side-by-side compares ZIP 68372 (Hickman, NE) and ZIP 68358 (Firth, NE) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 68372 has a population of 2,827 at 30 people per square mile, while ZIP 68358 has 1,877 at 15 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 68372 reports a median household income of $114,420 against $111,705 in ZIP 68358, with per-capita income of $44,979 vs $36,939. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 44.2% in 68372 and 48.8% in 68358. Poverty rate reads 2.7% vs 6.6%, and unemployment 1.2% vs 1.3% — 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 $354,100 in 68372 versus $434,300 in 68358, with median rent of — and $1,072 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.7% vs 85.9%. 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.