ZIP 68924 vs ZIP 68940

This side-by-side compares ZIP 68924 (Axtell, NE) and ZIP 68940 (Funk, NE) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 68924 has a population of 1,180 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 68940 has 496 at 2 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 68924 reports a median household income of $85,000 against $107,841 in ZIP 68940, with per-capita income of $45,170 vs $44,918. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 35.2% in 68924 and 30.3% in 68940. Poverty rate reads 10.8% vs 3.3%, and unemployment 0.3% 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 $236,800 in 68924 versus $209,400 in 68940, with median rent of $1,169 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 85.3% vs 84.6%. 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.