68943 Zip Code (Hardy, NE) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 246
Zip code population in 2010: 269
Zip code population in 2000: 342

Houses and condos: 126
Renter-occupied apartments: 16
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 68943: 72.3 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 51.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.

Population density: 5 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: $204 (0.2%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $695 (0.7%)

For population 25 years and over in 68943:

• High school or higher: 96.2%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 24.8%
• Graduate or professional degree: 16.2%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 18.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 68943:

• Never married: 20.4%
• Now married: 63.8%
• Separated: 3.5%
• Widowed: 4.8%
• Divorced: 7.5%

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 68943, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $55,325 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$55,325
State:	$73,874

Salary/wage: $32,914 (reported on 58.3% of returns)

Here:	$32,914
State:	$58,268

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1093.3% for AGIs below $25k, 6586.7% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $475 (reported on 33.3% of returns)

This zip code:	$475
Nebraska:	$1,748

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 63.3% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$2,950 (reported on 16.7% of returns)

Here:	+$2,950
State:	+$21,703

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 196.7% for AGIs below $25k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 100.0%

Here:	100%
State:	95%

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

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 68943, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $62,518 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$62,518
State:	$60,572

Salary/wage: $31,250 (reported on 72.7% of returns)

Here:	$31,250
State:	$47,046

Taxable interest for individuals: $600 (reported on 36.4% of returns)

This zip code:	$600
Nebraska:	$1,535

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$24,900 (reported on 18.2% of returns)

Here:	+$24,900
State:	+$16,171

Earned income credit: $2,800 (reported on 18.2% of returns)

Here:	$2,800
State:	$2,188

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 11.4% for AGIs below $25k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 81.8%

Here:	82%
State:	57%

(% for various income ranges: 75.0% for AGIs below $25k, 80.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 100.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 68943, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $23,639 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$23,639
State:	$44,271

Salary/wage: $20,117 (reported on 81.0% of returns)

Here:	$20,117
State:	$38,230

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 85.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 72.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 49.7% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $812 (reported on 43.7% of returns)

This zip code:	$812
Nebraska:	$1,759

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.5% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable dividends: $341 (reported on 25.9% of returns)

Here:	$341
State:	$2,804

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.4% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Net capital gain/loss: +$531 (reported on 20.3% of returns)

Here:	+$531
State:	+$7,887

Profit/loss from business: +$625 (reported on 15.2% of returns)

Here:	+$625
State:	+$7,743

Profit/loss from farming: +$2,184 (reported on 24.1% of returns)

Here:	+$2,184
State:	-$1,077

Total tax: $3,010 (reported on 66.5% of returns)

68943:	$3,010
State:	$6,550

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 8.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 11.2% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Earned income credit: $1,868 (reported on 24.1% of returns)

Here:	$1,868
State:	$1,643

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 85.4%

Here:	85%
State:	62%

(% for various income ranges: 83.0% for AGIs below $10k, 80.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 88.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 95.7% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Nearest zip codes: 68974, 66964, 68325, 68340, 66970, 68964.
No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 12
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 92

Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 30 (10 now married, 20 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 68943 with a mortgage: 7
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $775
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $461

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

• Zip code 68943 household income distribution in 2022

• 1Less than $10,000
• 5$10,000 to $14,999
• 3$15,000 to $19,999
• 4$20,000 to $24,999
• 3$25,000 to $29,999
• 4$30,000 to $34,999
• 3$40,000 to $44,999
• 7$50,000 to $59,999
• 18$60,000 to $74,999
• 2$75,000 to $99,999
• 16$100,000 to $124,999
• 4$125,000 to $149,999
• 27$150,000 to $199,999
• 2$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 68943

• 15Less than $10,000
• 4$10,000 to $14,999
• 6$15,000 to $19,999
• 1$20,000 to $24,999
• 1$30,000 to $34,999
• 1$50,000 to $59,999
• 1$60,000 to $69,999
• 3$70,000 to $79,999
• 1$80,000 to $89,999
• 18$90,000 to $99,999
• 13$175,000 to $199,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 68943

• 3$350 to $399
• 2$450 to $499
• 2$500 to $549
• 1$1,000 to $1,249
• 5No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $573.

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

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $75,459

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $102,410

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $90,974

Here:	$90,974
State:	$274,677

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 95
• Two: 1
• Mobile homes: 22

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 68943

• 56.8%54Drove a car alone
• 12.6%12Carpooled
• 34.7%33Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 68943

• 13Less than 5 minutes
• 25 to 9 minutes
• 2710 to 14 minutes
• 215 to 19 minutes
• 125 to 29 minutes
• 330 to 34 minutes
• 1060 to 89 minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 73.7%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 246

• Male householders: 57 (5 living alone), Female householders: 48 (4 living alone)

• 67 spouses (67 opposite-sex spouses), 10 unmarried partners, (6 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 57 children (54 natural, 0 adopted, 3 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 foster children, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives

Size of family households: 65 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 17 4-persons, 3 5-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 9 1-person, 2 2-persons

7 married couples with children.
18 single-parent households (18 women).

101.7% of residents of 68943 zip code speak English at home.

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• AURORA COOPERATIVE ELEVATOR COMPANY (410 RAILROAD STREET in HARDY, NE)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
  STATE MASTER (Nebraska tracking) - AIR PROGRAM, -011999-NH-1315, LEAKING STORAGE TANK, -0006500003, EPCRA
  CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
  Business SIC classification: GRAIN AND FIELD BEANS
  Alternative names: AURORA CO-OP ELEVATOR CO, COOPERATIVE BUSINESS ASSN., LAND O' LAKES INC, LAND O'LAKES

• HARDY FEED INC (HIGHWAY 8 W in HARDY, NE)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  STATE MASTER (Nebraska tracking) - AIR PROGRAM
  Business SIC classification: GRAIN AND FIELD BEANS
  

• HARDY WASTEWATER TREATMENT (JCT BROOKS & VAIL ST in HARDY, NE)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  STATE MASTER (Nebraska tracking) - AIR PROGRAM, OPERATOR CERTIFICATION, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit, WASTEWATER FACILITY
  Business SIC classification: REFUSE SYSTEMS
  

• FARMERS COOP ELEV-HARDY (HWY 8 PO BOX 98 in HARDY, NE)

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

• GINTHER, ROBERT J (RR BOX 204 in HARDY, NE)

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

• EISEMAN, HARRY/FARMERS COOP ELEV-HARDY (HWY 8 BOX 98 in HARDY, NE)

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

• HARDY FEED INC (W HWY 8 BOX 115 in HARDY, NE)

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

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 8.2%

Population in 1990: 462.

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

• This state: 134
• Northeast: 9
• Midwest: 88
• South: 4
• West: 7

70% of the 68943 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Nebraska.

89% of the 68943 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 5% moved from different county within same state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 25% moved from different state.

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: 3

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

• Wholesale Trade: Livestock Merchant Wholesalers (20-49 employees: 1 establishment)
• Educational Services: Flight Training (1-4: 1)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): General Automotive Repair (1-4: 1)

Most common first names in zip code 68943 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
William	5	77.6 years
Emma	4	84.5 years
Anna	4	85.5 years
Harry	4	76.8 years
John	4	75.0 years
Albert	3	77.0 years
Edward	3	72.3 years
Carl	3	78.0 years
Vernon	3	73.3 years
Helen	2	85.0 years

Most common last names in zip code 68943 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Hansen	8	74.4 years
Pedersen	5	74.4 years
Fuller	5	81.4 years
Calder	4	74.5 years
Stafford	4	85.1 years
Henry	4	82.8 years
Rhoads	4	77.5 years
Lance	4	89.5 years
Schlueter	3	78.3 years
Stenson	3	80.0 years