ZIP 68440 vs ZIP 68350

This side-by-side compares ZIP 68440 (Steele City, NE) and ZIP 68350 (Endicott, NE) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 68440 has a population of 110 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 68350 has 216 at 3 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 68440 reports a median household income of — against $77,344 in ZIP 68350, with per-capita income of $48,336 vs $53,521. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.3% in 68440 and 11.5% in 68350. Poverty rate reads 11.0% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 2.8% — 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 — in 68440 versus $75,300 in 68350, with median rent of $375 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.3% vs 82.6%. 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.