ZIP 68420 vs ZIP 68447

This side-by-side compares ZIP 68420 (Pawnee City, NE) and ZIP 68447 (Table Rock, NE) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 68420 has a population of 1,285 at 4 people per square mile, while ZIP 68447 has 464 at 4 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 68420 reports a median household income of $56,250 against $64,063 in ZIP 68447, with per-capita income of $25,981 vs $38,435. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.3% in 68420 and 19.7% in 68447. Poverty rate reads 13.3% vs 19.5%, and unemployment 3.6% vs 2.3% — 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 $68,000 in 68420 versus $74,200 in 68447, with median rent of $623 and $719 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 81.8% vs 69.2%. 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.