Venango, NE · standard
ZIP Code 69168
Perkins County, Nebraska - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 271
- 1/sq mi
- $72,875
- Median income
- $85,600
- Median home value
- 16.6%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Venango pairs an above-median household income with among the most affordable home values nationally, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- Top 49%
- household income, US ZIPs
- 6th pct
- home value, US ZIPs
- 1
- people per sq mi
- 85%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 69168 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 69168 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Venango, Perkins County, Nebraska, home to just 271 residents across 451.7 square miles, a density of 1 people per square mile, in the Denver time zone.
ZIP 69168 lands in the middle-income range, with a median household income of $72,875 (5% below the average Nebraska ZIP), while per-capita income is $28,187. The poverty rate is 3.5%, with unemployment at 4.1%; those measures add context to the income figure. Home values sit below the statewide ZIP benchmark: the median is $85,600 (54% below the average Nebraska ZIP), and median rent is $1,083; owner occupancy is 84.9%.
Educational attainment sits below the national norm: 16.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 38.8, and the average commute is -. No nearby ZIP peer set is available for this delivery area, so the Nebraska and national benchmarks above are the appropriate context for 69168.
Every figure on this page is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (including median rent) and the FHFA House Price Index, no estimates, no proprietary scoring. Verify with Census →
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates + ZIP Code Business Patterns + FHFA HPI ACS demographics and median rent, ZBP business establishments, FHFA HPI for ZIP 69168, Venango, NE · 2023 Census ACS 5-Year Estimates use a rolling 60-month sample for stable small-geography estimates; ZBP updated annually; FHFA HPI updated quarterly/annually.
Quick Facts
271
Population
451.7
Area (sq mi)
1
People / sq mi
Denver
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 69168?
38.8
Median Age
50.7%
Male
49.3%
Female
0.0%
Foreign-Born
Hispanic or Latino is an ethnicity category from the Census Bureau and may overlap with other categories above.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
How much do residents earn?
$72,875
Median Household Income
-5% vs state ZIP avg
$28,187
Per Capita Income
3.5%
Poverty Rate
4.1%
Unemployment Rate
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What is the education profile here?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What does housing look like?
Housing stock: occupied vs vacant
120housing units
120
Total Housing Units
93
Occupied Units
27
Vacant Units
3.10
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$85,600
Median Home Value
-54% vs state ZIP avg
$1,083
Median Rent
1950
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What businesses operate in this ZIP?
Census Bureau data shows 5 business establishments in ZIP 69168, employing approximately 23 people with a combined annual payroll of $1,511,000.
5
Businesses
23
Employees
$1.5M
Annual Payroll
0
Industry Sectors
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP), 2023. Employment figures may include noise for disclosure avoidance.
Nationwide ZIPs with similar ACS profiles
Two Census-derived peer sets for ZIP 69168, both outside NE so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment (Nearby and same-county blocks stay local).
Similar median household income
Nearest cross-state ZIPs by ACS median household income.