68856 Zip Code Detailed Profile

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Back to All US cities. City: Merna, NE Custer County, NE Zip code population (2000): 590 Estimated zip code population in 2007: 547 Home Value Estimate Address: Unit (optional): City State AK AL AR AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL GA HI IA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VA VT WA WI WV WY Zip Recent Home Sales Address: City State AK AL AR AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL GA HI IA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VA VT WA WI WV WY Zip Min Price (optional) Max Price (optional) Prioritization: Sale Date Distance General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map Please wait while loading the map... Houses and condos: 265 Renter-occupied apartments: 62 % of renters here:   26% State:   33% 2008 cost of living index in zip code 68856: 72.3 (low, U.S. average is 100) Land area: 86.9 sq. mi. Water area: 0.0 sq. mi. Population density: 6 people per square mile   (very low). Estimate of real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2007: This zip code:   2.4% ($665) Nebraska:   2.4% ($1,478) List your B&M business here for free. Over a million visitors/week. Get a huge advantage over your competition Males: 293   (49.7%) Females: 297   (50.3%) Discuss zip code 68856 area on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users 100% rural population. Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $55,545 68856:   $55,545 Nebraska:   $122,200 According to our research of public records there were 2 registered sex offenders living in 68856 zip code in early 2007. Median resident age:   41.0 years Nebraska median age:   35.3 years Average household size: This zip code:   2.4 people Nebraska:   2.5 people Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 68856, filed in 2005: Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $34,013 (Individual Income Tax Returns) Here:   $34,013 State:   $44,271 Salary/wage: $24,946 (reported on 79.5% of returns) Here:   $24,946 State:   $38,230 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 85.1% for AGIs below $10k, 70.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 82.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 69.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 58.5% for AGIs $75k-100k) Taxable interest for individuals: $1,346 (reported on 60.1% of returns) This zip code:   $1,346 Nebraska:   $1,759 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.2% for AGIs below $10k, 4.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 2.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 4.4% for AGIs over 100k) Taxable dividends: $877 (reported on 24.1% of returns) Here:   $877 State:   $2,804 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.9% for AGIs below $10k, 2.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.1% for AGIs $75k-100k) Net capital gain/loss: +$7,721 (reported on 28.4% of returns) Here:   +$7,721 State:   +$7,887 (% of AGI for various income ranges: -1.6% for AGIs below $10k, 0.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 3.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 5.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 19.8% for AGIs over 100k) Profit/loss from business: +$2,583 (reported on 19.8% of returns) Here:   +$2,583 State:   +$7,743 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 10.0% for AGIs below $10k, -1.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 4.6% for AGIs $50k-75k) Profit/loss from farming: +$2,423 (reported on 23.4% of returns) Here:   +$2,423 State:   $-1,077 (% of AGI for various income ranges: -10.4% for AGIs below $10k, 3.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6.0% for AGIs $50k-75k) Total itemized deductions: $16,267 (1% of AGI, reported on 14.9% of returns) Here:   $16,267 State:   $18,692 Charity contributions deductions: $4,622 (6.5% of AGI, reported on 12.2% of returns) Here:   $4,622 Nebraska:   $3,500 Here:   6.5% of AGI State:   3.8% of AGI (% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 4.8% for AGIs over 100k) Total tax: $4,191 (reported on 72.6% of returns) 68856:   $4,191 State:   $6,550 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.9% for AGIs below $10k, 4.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 5.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 9.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 15.4% for AGIs over 100k) Earned income credit: $1,600 (reported on 14.9% of returns) Here:   $1,600 State:   $1,643 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.9% for AGIs below $10k, 4.4% for AGIs $10k-25k) Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 82.8% Here:   83% State:   62% (% for various income ranges: 68.9% for AGIs below $10k, 83.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 88.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 88.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 92.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 92.9% for AGIs over 100k)

This zip code:	$37,588
Nebraska:	$47,085

Nearest zip codes: 68822, 68813, 68825, 68860, 68819, 69120.

Percentage of family households:

This zip code:	74.8%
Whole state:	66.6%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This zip code:	1.7%
Whole state:	4.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
• Gay men: 0.4% of all households

Housing units in zip code 68856 with a mortgage: 60 (4 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 65

This zip code:	12.8%
Whole state:	11.2%

This zip code:	5.2%
Whole state:	4.8%

Here:	6.0
State:	6.5

Here:	6.0
State:	4.2

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Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages: Post office: Merna Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2007 in zip code 68856: Less than $10,000: 4 $10,000 to $14,999: 3 $15,000 to $19,999: 7 $20,000 to $24,999: 6 $25,000 to $29,999: 10 $30,000 to $34,999: 18 $35,000 to $39,999: 8 $40,000 to $49,999: 16 $50,000 to $59,999: 18 $60,000 to $69,999: 14 $70,000 to $79,999: 9 $80,000 to $89,999: 9 $90,000 to $99,999: 9 $100,000 to $124,999: 17 $125,000 to $149,999: 5 $150,000 to $174,999: 7 $200,000 to $249,999: 2 $250,000 to $299,999: 2 $300,000 to $399,999: 1 $400,000 to $499,999: 1 $500,000 to $749,999: 2

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in zip code 68856: $100 to $149: 1 $150 to $199: 4 $200 to $249: 8 $250 to $299: 3 $300 to $349: 7 No cash rent: 17

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007: $31,639.

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2007 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $54,561

68856:	$59,031
Nebraska:	$122,200

Detached houses: $86,851

Here:	$86,851
State:	$152,590

Townhouses or other attached units: $38,659

Here:	$38,659
State:	$157,382

Mobile homes: $27,619

Here:	$27,619
State:	$29,187

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 224
• One, attached: 2
• Two: 2
• Mobile homes: 33

Means of transportation to work Drove a car alone: 242 (82%) Carpooled: 16 (5%) Bicycle: 2 (1%) Walked: 12 (4%) Worked at home: 24 (8%)

Travel time to work Less than 5 minutes: 54 5 to 9 minutes: 38 10 to 14 minutes: 61 15 to 19 minutes: 67 20 to 24 minutes: 19 25 to 29 minutes: 8 30 to 34 minutes: 15 35 to 39 minutes: 2 40 to 44 minutes: 0 45 to 59 minutes: 0 60 to 89 minutes: 6 90 or more minutes: 2

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 95.9%

Household type by relationship
Households: 587

• In family households: 521 (161 male householders, 20 female householders)

  162 spouses, 162 children (141 natural, 8 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 2 other relatives, 7 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 66 (26 male householders (20 living alone)), 33 female householders (33 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 92 2-persons, 42 3-persons, 24 4-persons, 18 5-persons, 5 6-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 53 1-person, 6 2-persons.

133 married couples with children.
17 single-parent households (5 men, 12 women).

95.7% of residents of 68856 zip code speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% very well, 44% not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% very well).

Foreign born population: 6 (1.0%)
(33.3% of them are naturalized citizens)

This zip code:	1.0%
Whole state:	4.4%

First ancestries reported:

German: 150

Irish: 71

English: 45

Swedish: 24

French (except Basque): 17

United States or American: 16

Other groups: 15

Italian: 14

Danish: 9

Scottish: 9

Norwegian: 8

Subsaharan African:: 7

African: 7

Dutch: 6

Czech: 6

Polish: 6

Greek: 4

Scotch-Irish: 4

German Russian: 3

Portuguese: 2

Yugoslavian: 2

Pennsylvania German: 1

Facitilies with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• FARMERS COOPERATIVE GRAIN COMPANY (141 NORTH RAILROAD STREET in MERNA, NE)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-07-1995-0037, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION, ICIS-07-1991-0446,
  COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
  STATE MASTER (Nebraska tracking) - EPCRA, AIR PROGRAM, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit, HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM
  Business SIC classification: GRAIN AND FIELD BEANS; FARM SUPPLIES; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS (BOTTLED GAS) DEALERS
  Alternative names: DALE HALLER, FARMERS CO-OP GRAIN CO, FARMERS COOP GRAIN CO-MERNA, FARMERS COOP GRAIN-MERNA, FARMERS COOP GRAIN OF MERNA, HALLER, DALE (FARMERS COOP GRAIN), LEWIS, ROBERT

• ANSELMO-MERNA PUBLIC SCHOOLS (EWING ST& STATE HIGHWAY 2 in MERNA, NE)

  COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
  STATE MASTER (Nebraska tracking) - -082493-99-0004, LEAKING STORAGE TANK, -NE0128554, UIC
  Alternative names: ANSELMO-MERNA PUBLIC SCHLS

• ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT MERNA ( in MERNA, NE)

  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-210015002
  Organizations: ANSELMO-MERNA PUBLIC SCHOOLS (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

• FARMERS COOPERATIVE GRAIN CO OF MERNA, NE (1 MILE SE OF TOWN, HWY 2 in MERNA, NE)

  (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-07-1999-0207, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
  

• MERNA WASTEWATER TREATMENT (NO ADDRESS in MERNA, NE)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  Business SIC classification: REFUSE SYSTEMS
  

• CURTIS LARRY (RAILROAD AVENUE in MERNA, NE)

  COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
  

• FARMERS CO-OP GRAIN CO (141 N RAILROAD ST in MERNA, NE)

  CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
  Business SIC classification: GRAIN AND FIELD BEANS
  

Median worth of mobile homes: $29,392

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 465
• Northeast: 5
• Midwest: 40
• South: 24
• West: 47

68% of the 68856 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Nebraska.

Population in 1990: 913. Population change in the 1990s: -323 (-35.4%).

Here:	0.0%
Nebraska:	14.6%

Here:	0.0%
Nebraska:	10.8%

Here:	62.5%
Nebraska:	20.0%

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Wholesale Trade: Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers (5-9 employees: 1 establishment)
• Wholesale Trade: Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers (5-9: 1)
• Construction: Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction (5-9: 1)
• Health Care and Social Assistance: Offices of Dentists (1-4: 2)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): General Automotive Repair (1-4: 1)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Religious Organizations (1-4: 1)

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