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68420

ZIP 68420 is Pawnee City, Nebraska, mostly in Pawnee County; area code 402; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Pawnee +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
1,255
Coordinates
40.0790, -96.1891
☼ Live from 68420 — Pawnee City, NE

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Where 68420 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 68420
  • 🔢 Type 68420 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZhBg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 68,420 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 11 × 311. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10000101101000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 68419 (Panama, NE, 40 mi away) and 68421 (Peru, NE, 37 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 68420 becomes 02486, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 62 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02468, 02648, 02864, 04268, 04286, 04628, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04628 in Dennysville, ME, 1,502 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 72%.
  • 🎯128 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 68420 and you would come out at 40.08°S, 83.81°E — 922 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 01m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 19m.
  • 📏 At 129.9 square miles of land, 68420 is bigger than 84% of ZIP codes — room for about 99 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,255This ZIP1,255
Households506This ZIP506
Housing units655This ZIP655
Median age40.3This ZIP40.3Nebraska37.2US 38.9
Median household income$56,250This ZIP$56,250Nebraska$76,475US $80,734
Median home value$68,000This ZIP$68,000Nebraska$238,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$623This ZIP$623Nebraska$1,072US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher22.3%This ZIP22.3%
Mean commute14.0 minThis ZIP14.0 min
Population density9.7 / sq miThis ZIP9.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments40This ZIP40
Employees570This ZIP570
Annual payroll$34,600,000This ZIP$34,600,000
Tax returns filed540This ZIP540
Total adjusted gross income$30,160,000This ZIP$30,160,000

Land area

Land area129.94 sq miThis ZIP129.94 sq mi
Water area0.12 sq miThis ZIP0.12 sq mi

Counties 68420 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Pawnee County 97.6%
Nemaha County 2.4%

Other place names in 68420

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 68420

ZIPCityDistance
68345 Du Bois, NE 9.5 mi
68447 Table Rock, NE 10.1 mi
68323 Burchard, NE 10.3 mi
68441 Steinauer, NE 10.6 mi
66541 Summerfield, KS 10.7 mi
66403 Axtell, KS 13.7 mi
66408 Bern, KS 14.4 mi
68376 Humboldt, NE 14.7 mi
66404 Baileyville, KS 14.9 mi
68381 Liberty, NE 15.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 68420?

68420 is in Pawnee City, Nebraska, in Pawnee County. Its published point location is 40.0790, -96.1891.

What county is 68420 in?

68420 spans 2 counties: Pawnee County and Nemaha County. Most of it falls in Pawnee County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 68420?

Pawnee City uses area code 402, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 68420 in?

68420 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 68420?

About 1,255 people live in ZIP code 68420, in 506 households, at 9.7 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 68420?

$56,250 a year, against $76,475 across Nebraska.

What ZIP codes are near 68420?

The closest are 68345 (9.5 mi), 68447 (10.1 mi), 68323 (10.3 mi), 68441 (10.6 mi) and 66541 (10.7 mi).

Is 68420 a PO Box ZIP code?

68420 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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