ZIP 68375 vs ZIP 66960

This side-by-side compares ZIP 68375 (Hubbell, NE) and ZIP 66960 (Narka, KS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 68375 has a population of 121 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 66960 has 167 at 1 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 68375 reports a median household income of $48,594 against $50,208 in ZIP 66960, with per-capita income of $32,396 vs $23,362. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 3.6% in 68375 and 24.7% in 66960. Poverty rate reads 15.9% vs 16.0%, and unemployment 5.0% 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 $41,700 in 68375 versus $31,300 in 66960, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 74.4% 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.