68937 Zip Code (Elwood, NE) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 1,835
Zip code population in 2010: 1,836
Zip code population in 2000: 1,870

Houses and condos: 1,403
Renter-occupied apartments: 142
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 68937: 76.0 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 158.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 5.6 sq. mi.

Population density: 12 people per square mile

(very low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2022:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $3,036 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $2,478 (0.9%)

For population 25 years and over in 68937:

• High school or higher: 96.2%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 29.1%
• Graduate or professional degree: 11.6%
• Unemployed: 0.9%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 20.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 68937:

• Never married: 20.5%
• Now married: 65.9%
• Separated: 1.3%
• Widowed: 4.9%
• Divorced: 7.5%

• 
• • 1,70292.8%White
  • 1005.5%Hispanic or Latino
  • 231.3%Two or more races
  • 50.3%Black
  • 40.2%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 68937, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $80,474 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$80,474
State:	$73,874

Salary/wage: $54,629 (reported on 77.6% of returns)

Here:	$54,629
State:	$58,268

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1240.0% for AGIs below $25k, 3532.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 7820.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 9760.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 14426.2% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $2,224 (reported on 44.7% of returns)

This zip code:	$2,224
Nebraska:	$1,748

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 26.4% for AGIs below $25k, 72.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 98.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 81.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 335.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $6,600 (reported on 29.4% of returns)

Here:	$6,600
State:	$7,841

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 47.1% for AGIs below $25k, 117.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 222.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 136.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 443.8% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$22,975 (reported on 28.2% of returns)

Here:	+$22,975
State:	+$21,703

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 45.0% for AGIs below $25k, 217.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 277.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 235.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1640.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Profit/loss from business: +$13,300 (reported on 16.5% of returns)

Here:	+$13,300
State:	+$11,239

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 124.3% for AGIs below $25k, 234.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 318.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 150.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1308.8% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $19,287 (reported on 17.6% of returns)

68937:	$19,287
Nebraska:	$18,251

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 138.6% for AGIs below $25k, 374.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 636.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 2241.2% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Total itemized deductions: $38,067 (reported on 7.1% of returns)

Here:	$38,067
State:	$37,704

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1007.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1091.2% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Charity contributions: $7,540 (reported on 5.9% of returns)

Here:	$7,540
State:	$15,251

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 71.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 346.2% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxes paid: $5,943 (reported on 8.2% of returns)

68937:	$5,943
State:	$8,015

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 128.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 295.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Earned income credit: $2,786 (reported on 8.2% of returns)

Here:	$2,786
State:	$2,260

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 90.7% for AGIs below $25k, 48.6% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 94.1%

Here:	94%
State:	95%

(% for various income ranges: 95.2% for AGIs below $25k, 90.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 92.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 100.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 93.3% for AGIs $100k-200k, 100.0% for AGIs over 200k)

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 68937, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $56,410 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$56,410
State:	$60,572

Salary/wage: $39,636 (reported on 82.0% of returns)

Here:	$39,636
State:	$47,046

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 70.0% for AGIs below $25k, 75.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 80.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 60.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 53.3% for AGIs $100k-200k, 20.4% for AGIs over 200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,575 (reported on 40.4% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,575
Nebraska:	$1,535

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.8% for AGIs below $25k, 1.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.1% for AGIs $100k-200k, 0.8% for AGIs over 200k)

Ordinary dividends: $3,842 (reported on 27.0% of returns)

Here:	$3,842
State:	$5,776

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.9% for AGIs below $25k, 0.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 4.2% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$10,495 (reported on 22.5% of returns)

Here:	+$10,495
State:	+$16,171

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.6% for AGIs below $25k, 1.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 12.9% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Profit/loss from business: +$3,894 (reported on 18.0% of returns)

Here:	+$3,894
State:	+$9,897

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.7% for AGIs below $25k, 2.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $13,750 (reported on 15.7% of returns)

68937:	$13,750
Nebraska:	$12,804

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 6.7% for AGIs below $25k, 4.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 7.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 4.8% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Total itemized deductions: $20,470 (21% of AGI, reported on 30.3% of returns)

Here:	$20,470
State:	$23,343

Here:	21.0% of AGI
State:	18.7% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 12.6% for AGIs below $25k, 11.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 9.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 18.5% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Charity contributions: $3,467 (reported on 23.6% of returns)

Here:	$3,467
State:	$4,921

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 3.2% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxes paid: $7,904 (reported on 30.3% of returns)

68937:	$7,904
State:	$9,758

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.4% for AGIs below $25k, 2.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 4.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 9.6% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Earned income credit: $2,418 (reported on 12.4% of returns)

Here:	$2,418
State:	$2,188

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.7% for AGIs below $25k, 1.1% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 67.4%

Here:	67%
State:	57%

(% for various income ranges: 59.4% for AGIs below $25k, 68.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 66.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 75.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 100.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 68937, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $35,812 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$35,812
State:	$44,271

Salary/wage: $31,843 (reported on 78.3% of returns)

Here:	$31,843
State:	$38,230

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 116.9% for AGIs below $10k, 63.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 78.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 75.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 72.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 46.3% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,980 (reported on 53.1% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,980
Nebraska:	$1,759

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 18.2% for AGIs below $10k, 4.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 2.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 3.7% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable dividends: $2,092 (reported on 30.4% of returns)

Here:	$2,092
State:	$2,804

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.9% for AGIs below $10k, 1.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 4.5% for AGIs over 100k)

Net capital gain/loss: +$4,843 (reported on 27.3% of returns)

Here:	+$4,843
State:	+$7,887

(% of AGI for various income ranges: -1.7% for AGIs below $10k, 2.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, -0.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 15.8% for AGIs over 100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$2,770 (reported on 19.1% of returns)

Here:	+$2,770
State:	+$7,743

(% of AGI for various income ranges: -8.2% for AGIs below $10k, 5.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, -0.5% for AGIs $75k-100k)

IRA payment deduction: $2,707 (reported on 4.8% of returns)

68937:	$2,707
Nebraska:	$2,902

Total itemized deductions: $18,150 (28% of AGI, reported on 24.7% of returns)

Here:	$18,150
State:	$18,692

Here:	27.9% of AGI
State:	21.1% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 29.6% for AGIs below $10k, 15.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 9.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 10.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 15.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 13.0% for AGIs over 100k)

Charity contributions deductions: $2,776 (4% of AGI, reported on 20.2% of returns)

Here:	$2,776
State:	$3,500

Here:	3.9% of AGI
State:	3.8% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.5% for AGIs below $10k, 0.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 2.9% for AGIs over 100k)

Total tax: $4,378 (reported on 72.5% of returns)

68937:	$4,378
State:	$6,550

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.2% for AGIs below $10k, 3.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 6.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 15.9% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $1,565 (reported on 12.5% of returns)

Here:	$1,565
State:	$1,643

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 70.4%

Here:	70%
State:	62%

(% for various income ranges: 64.2% for AGIs below $10k, 74.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 68.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 75.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 76.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 69.2% for AGIs over 100k)

Nearest zip codes: 68976, 69028, 68922, 68927, 68850, 68936.
No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 37
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 787

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 1 (0 now married, 0 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 304 (155 now married, 148 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 68937 with a mortgage: 318 (10 second mortgage, 11 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 12

Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,596
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $622

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022:

• Zip code 68937 household income distribution in 2022

• 37Less than $10,000
• 7$10,000 to $14,999
• 31$15,000 to $19,999
• 53$20,000 to $24,999
• 18$25,000 to $29,999
• 14$30,000 to $34,999
• 32$35,000 to $39,999
• 15$40,000 to $44,999
• 24$45,000 to $49,999
• 44$50,000 to $59,999
• 138$60,000 to $74,999
• 143$75,000 to $99,999
• 115$100,000 to $124,999
• 29$125,000 to $149,999
• 94$150,000 to $199,999
• 23$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 68937

• 21Less than $10,000
• 4$10,000 to $14,999
• 3$20,000 to $24,999
• 5$25,000 to $29,999
• 8$40,000 to $49,999
• 5$50,000 to $59,999
• 13$60,000 to $69,999
• 24$70,000 to $79,999
• 25$80,000 to $89,999
• 5$90,000 to $99,999
• 25$100,000 to $124,999
• 26$125,000 to $149,999
• 28$150,000 to $174,999
• 29$175,000 to $199,999
• 50$200,000 to $249,999
• 66$250,000 to $299,999
• 160$300,000 to $399,999
• 143$400,000 to $499,999
• 68$500,000 to $749,999
• 7$750,000 to $999,999
• 2$1,000,000 to $1,499,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 68937

• 10$200 to $249
• 2$250 to $299
• 15$400 to $449
• 7$450 to $499
• 23$500 to $549
• 6$550 to $599
• 11$650 to $699
• 12$700 to $749
• 2$800 to $899
• 48No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $781.

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $216,499.

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2022 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $300,858
• Two or more races householders: $103,162
• Hispanic or Latino householders: $328,243

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $300,108 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $148,131 - $456,266

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $261,694

Here:	$261,694
State:	$274,677

Mobile homes: $73,147

Here:	$73,147
State:	$67,339

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 1,262
• One, attached: 30
• Two: 4
• 5 to 9: 13
• 20 to 49: 5
• Mobile homes: 64

Unemployment: 0.9%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 68937

• 76.4%748Drove a car alone
• 16.4%161Carpooled
• 0.9%9Walked
• 0.3%3Other means
• 4.9%48Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 68937

• 89Less than 5 minutes
• 1625 to 9 minutes
• 4210 to 14 minutes
• 19315 to 19 minutes
• 16420 to 24 minutes
• 6325 to 29 minutes
• 8130 to 34 minutes
• 335 to 39 minutes
• 2740 to 44 minutes
• 3445 to 59 minutes
• 4460 to 89 minutes
• 1190 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 56.0%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 1,835

• Male householders: 425 (141 living alone), Female householders: 402 (101 living alone)

• 536 spouses (536 opposite-sex spouses), 59 unmarried partners, (59 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 352 children (298 natural, 3 adopted, 53 stepchildren), 26 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 0 foster children, 4 other relatives, 14 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 31 (-1 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 377 2-persons, 57 3-persons, 52 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 240 1-person, 37 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 1 4-persons

201 married couples with children.
24 single-parent households (4 men, 20 women).

97.9% of residents of 68937 zip code speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (93% very well, 7% not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% very well, 50% well).

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• AG VALLEY COOPERATIVE NON STOCK (307 RAYMOND in ELWOOD, NE)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  STATE MASTER (Nebraska tracking) - AIR PROGRAM, -06227-BM-1047, RELEASE ASSESSMENT, -0003700002, EPCRA
  Business SIC classification: GRAIN AND FIELD BEANS
  Alternative names: AG VALLEY CO-OP NON STOCK, EDISON COOP - ELWOOD

• WEST ELWOOD GRAIN (205 RAILROAD in ELWOOD, NE)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  STATE MASTER (Nebraska tracking) - AIR PROGRAM
  Business SIC classification: FARM PRODUCT WAREHOUSING AND STORAGE
  

• BELLAMYS INC (74268 ROAD 426 in ELWOOD, NE)

  STATE MASTER (Nebraska tracking) - HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM
  Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
  Organizations: BELLAMY'S INC. (CONTACT/OWNER)
  Alternative names: BELLAMY IMPLEMENT INC JD

• DIST 015 - DAWSON COUNTY ( in JOHNSON LAKE, NE)

  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-240015001
  

• ELWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ( in ELWOOD, NE)

  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-370030002
  Organizations: ELWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

• ELWOOD HIGH SCHOOL (514 1ST AVE in ELWOOD, NE)

  COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
  STATE MASTER (Nebraska tracking) - LEAKING STORAGE TANK
  Alternative names: ELWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS

• ELWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ( in ELWOOD, NE)

  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-370030001
  Organizations: ELWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

• GENEBACH FERTILIZER & PROPANE (101 CALVERT in ELWOOD, NE)

  (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-07-1985-0071, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION, ICIS-07-1990-0041,
  COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
  Business SIC classification: RETAIL NURSERIES, LAWN AND GARDEN SUPPLY STORES
  Alternative names: GENGENBACH, LARRY

• ELWOOD LANDFILL (NO ADDRESS in ELWOOD, NE)

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

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 7.1%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2.1%

Population in 1990: 956. Population change in the 1990s: +914 (+95.6%).

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

• This state: 1,364
• Northeast: 17
• Midwest: 186
• South: 68
• West: 165

55% of the 68937 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Nebraska.

94% of the 68937 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 28% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% moved from different county within same state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 11% moved from different state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 5% moved from abroad.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school):
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5

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

• Other Services (except Public Administration): Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance (20-49 employees: 1 establishment)
• Finance and Insurance: Insurance Agencies and Brokerages (10-19: 1, 1-4: 4)
• Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Veterinary Services (10-19: 1, 1-4: 1)
• Wholesale Trade: Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers (10-19: 1, 1-4: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (10-19: 1, 1-4: 1)
• Construction: Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction (10-19: 1)
• Finance and Insurance: Commercial Banking (5-9: 2)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Religious Organizations (5-9: 1, 1-4: 2)

Most common first names in zip code 68937 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
John	13	82.0 years
Mary	12	86.1 years
William	10	78.5 years
Charles	10	75.7 years
George	9	79.8 years
Robert	9	76.6 years
James	8	67.9 years
Albert	7	80.7 years
Harry	7	79.5 years
Fred	7	86.0 years

Most common last names in zip code 68937 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Houlden	10	72.3 years
Anderson	9	81.6 years
Leggott	9	80.0 years
Tilson	8	75.9 years
Remmenga	8	62.4 years
Puls	8	79.5 years
Foss	7	84.9 years
Thompson	7	83.8 years
Jorges	7	75.2 years
Johnson	7	81.8 years