68785 Zip Code (Waterbury, NE) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 208
Zip code population in 2010: 274
Zip code population in 2000: 280

Houses and condos: 111
Renter-occupied apartments: 8
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 68785: 75.2 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 30.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 7 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: $2,976 (1.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,600 (0.9%)

For population 25 years and over in 68785:

• High school or higher: 87.7%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.2%
• Graduate or professional degree: 3.0%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 27.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 68785:

• Never married: 18.8%
• Now married: 71.6%
• Separated: 0.0%
• Widowed: 0.5%
• Divorced: 9.0%

• 
• • 16177.4%White
  • 3918.8%Asian
  • 62.9%Two or more races
  • 21.0%Hispanic or Latino

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 68785, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $64,264 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$64,264
State:	$73,874

Salary/wage: $57,640 (reported on 71.4% of returns)

Here:	$57,640
State:	$58,268

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 782.5% for AGIs below $25k, 4900.0% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $240 (reported on 35.7% of returns)

This zip code:	$240
Nebraska:	$1,748

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 7.5% for AGIs below $25k, 22.5% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Ordinary dividends: $233 (reported on 21.4% of returns)

Here:	$233
State:	$7,841

(% of AGI for various income ranges: )

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 92.9%

Here:	93%
State:	95%

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

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 68785, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $56,975 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$56,975
State:	$60,572

Salary/wage: $40,580 (reported on 83.3% of returns)

Here:	$40,580
State:	$47,046

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 78.1% for AGIs below $25k, 180.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 48.6% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $340 (reported on 41.7% of returns)

This zip code:	$340
Nebraska:	$1,535

Total itemized deductions: $21,133 (24% of AGI, reported on 25.0% of returns)

Here:	$21,133
State:	$23,343

Here:	24.2% of AGI
State:	18.7% of AGI

Taxes paid: $7,167 (reported on 25.0% of returns)

68785:	$7,167
State:	$9,758

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 83.3%

Here:	83%
State:	57%

(% for various income ranges: 75.0% for AGIs below $25k, 133.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 100.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 68785, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $39,024 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$39,024
State:	$44,271

Salary/wage: $33,952 (reported on 82.5% of returns)

Here:	$33,952
State:	$38,230

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 116.5% for AGIs below $10k, 69.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 75.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 80.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 59.4% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $620 (reported on 39.7% of returns)

This zip code:	$620
Nebraska:	$1,759

Taxable dividends: $364 (reported on 8.7% of returns)

Here:	$364
State:	$2,804

Total itemized deductions: $16,789 (17% of AGI, reported on 15.1% of returns)

Here:	$16,789
State:	$18,692

Here:	17.5% of AGI
State:	21.1% of AGI

Charity contributions deductions: $818 (1% of AGI, reported on 8.7% of returns)

Here:	$818
State:	$3,500

Here:	0.8% of AGI
State:	3.8% of AGI

Total tax: $4,641 (reported on 73.0% of returns)

68785:	$4,641
State:	$6,550

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 6.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 13.8% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Earned income credit: $2,500 (reported on 9.5% of returns)

Here:	$2,500
State:	$1,643

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 75.4%

Here:	75%
State:	62%

(% for various income ranges: 57.1% for AGIs below $10k, 82.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 76.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 78.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 91.7% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Nearest zip codes: 68743, 68710, 68770, 68733, 68741, 57038.
No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 2
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 93

Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 45 (25 now married, 20 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 68785 with a mortgage: 67
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,776
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $560

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

• Zip code 68785 household income distribution in 2022

• 20$10,000 to $14,999
• 2$15,000 to $19,999
• 13$20,000 to $24,999
• 6$50,000 to $59,999
• 14$75,000 to $99,999
• 15$100,000 to $124,999
• 19$150,000 to $199,999
• 5$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 68785

• 2$70,000 to $79,999
• 2$90,000 to $99,999
• 2$100,000 to $124,999
• 29$150,000 to $174,999
• 5$175,000 to $199,999
• 12$200,000 to $249,999
• 24$300,000 to $399,999
• 2$400,000 to $499,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 68785

• 2$400 to $449
• 3$550 to $599

Median gross rent in 2022: $1,027.

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

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $157,896

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $195,777 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $178,369 - $284,025

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $264,393

Here:	$264,393
State:	$274,677

Mobile homes: $392,298

Here:	$392,298
State:	$67,339

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 89
• 5 to 9: 4
• 10 to 19: 12
• Mobile homes: 3

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 68785

• 74.2%102Drove a car alone
• 10.9%15Carpooled
• 2.9%4Walked
• 10.2%14Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 68785

• 21Less than 5 minutes
• 245 to 9 minutes
• 510 to 14 minutes
• 1720 to 24 minutes
• 1125 to 29 minutes
• 1430 to 34 minutes
• 535 to 39 minutes
• 440 to 44 minutes
• 345 to 59 minutes
• 1090 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 51.8%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 208

• Male householders: 68 (39 living alone), Female householders: 28 (3 living alone)

• 48 spouses (48 opposite-sex spouses), 0 unmarried partners, (0 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 53 children (27 natural, 14 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 0 foster children, 13 other relatives, 0 non-relatives

Size of family households: 34 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 10 5-persons, 4 6-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 41 1-person

35 married couples with children.
0 single-parent households ().

99.0% of residents of 68785 zip code speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% very well).

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• WATERBURY WASTEWATER TREATMENT (PO BOX 123 in WATERBURY, NE)

  STATE MASTER (Nebraska tracking) - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit, WASTEWATER FACILITY
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
  Organizations: ROBERT LAMPRECHT, OPERATOR (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
  Alternative names: WATERBURY WWTF

• BEACOM, TIM S (RR 1 in WATERBURY, NE)

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

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 6.9%

Population in 1990: 241. Population change in the 1990s: +39 (+16.2%).

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

• This state: 52
• Midwest: 109
• South: 3
• West: 40

64% of the 68785 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.

101% of the 68785 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.

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:

Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:

• SBI GENERAL MECHANICAL INC (87249 590 AVE in WATERBURY, NE; small business) : $1,161,224 in 10 contracts from 2005 to 2006

  Contracts for Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property -- EPG Facilities - Hydro, Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property -- Restoration of real property by Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only
  Signed by year: 2000: $0; 2001: $0; 2002: $0; 2003: $0; 2004: $0; 2005: $651,820; 2006: $509,404.
  
  Biggest contracts:
  $297,820 with Army for Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property -- EPG Facilities - Hydro. Taking place in SD. Signed on 2005-11-22. Completion date: 2005-12-22.
  $270,000, same as above. Signed on 2005-10-28. Completion date: 2005-12-12.
  $240,774, same as above. Signed on 2006-01-23. Completion date: 2006-01-31.
  $146,560 with Army for Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property -- Restoration of real property. Taking place in SD. Signed on 2006-03-27. Completion date: 2006-07-05.
  

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

• Construction: Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors (20-49 employees: 1 establishment, 1-4 employees: 1 establishment)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (5-9: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (1-4: 1)

Most common first names in zip code 68785 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
Henry	5	78.8 years
Joseph	4	73.5 years
John	4	78.2 years
William	4	78.0 years
Ernest	3	77.6 years
Earl	2	80.4 years
Harry	2	80.1 years
Margaret	2	76.5 years
Marion	2	73.9 years
Mary	2	66.0 years

Most common last names in zip code 68785 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Noe	8	79.5 years
Rooney	7	68.5 years
Beacom	4	74.2 years
Voss	4	75.5 years
Burns	3	75.0 years
Berens	3	81.4 years
Hansen	3	83.3 years
Bik	2	78.9 years
Hinken	2	69.0 years
Kayl	2	81.0 years