ZIP 69037 vs ZIP 69021

This side-by-side compares ZIP 69037 (Max, NE) and ZIP 69021 (Benkelman, NE) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 69037 has a population of 115 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 69021 has 1,348 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 69037 reports a median household income of $73,125 against $54,375 in ZIP 69021, with per-capita income of $64,358 vs $36,802. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 31.7% in 69037 and 20.8% in 69021. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 14.3%, and unemployment 0.0% 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 - in 69037 versus $156,900 in 69021, with median rent of - and $700 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 63.4% vs 76.6%. 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.