ZIP 68443 · Sterling
Who lives in ZIP code 68443 (Sterling, NE): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Sterling, NE · Johnson County
uszips 2026
People1,200
Median age42.0
Household income$67,969
Home value$160,419
Median rent$812/mo
Poverty8.5%
College degree+27.4%
Commute25 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Central
- Density
- 5 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 433
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
20.8% are 65 or older; 75.5% are adults.
Household income
34.2% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $31,335.
Education (adults 25+)
44.4% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
4.0% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 55.3%
- Never married
- 28.3%
- Divorced
- 6.1%
- Widowed
- 10.3%
- Family size
- 3.28
- Dual-income families
- 64.3%
Housing
- Own their home
- 78.1%
- Rent burden
- 20.3%
- Men / women
- 52% / 48%
Work
- In labor force
- 64.1%
- Unemployment
- 2.8%
- Self-employed
- 19.6%
- Farmers
- 15.2%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 17.4%
- Veterans
- 4.2%
- With a disability
- 14.3%
- No health insurance
- 5.8%
- Limited English
- 0.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.