Population & age
- Total population
- 224
- Median age
- 35.3
Smithfield, NE (68976)
Gosper County · Population 224
Fresh.Data current as of Apr 24, 2026
Smithfield, NE (ZIP 68976) sits in Gosper County. The page draws on 1 federal data feed retrieved Apr 24. Top health signal: Depression comes in below the national average at 16.5%. No NCES schools are mapped to this ZIP in the current dataset. 1 college or university serves the area, with median in-state tuition of $37,770. Local establishments report average pay of $33,333 per worker (Census ZBP) — below the US average. BLS QCEW reports average annual pay of $50,932 per worker, roughly 22% below the US average. FEMA has issued 14 federal disaster declarations affecting this ZIP since 1967. Per USDA's Food Environment Atlas, 64.1% of residents in this county live more than 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural) from the nearest supermarket — a deep food-access gap. Healthcare access is the area's quieter strength; school options sit on the lighter side, so families may find themselves looking at districts a few ZIPs over. Notable: median household income $82,125, fair market rent of $1,080 for a two-bedroom, and a low 2.7% poverty rate. Every figure on this page links to its underlying federal dataset with a retrieval date so you can audit the freshness yourself.
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Demographics
Race & ethnicity
- White
- 95.5%
- Black
- 0.0%
- Asian
- 0.0%
- Hispanic / Latino
- 0.0%
- Other / multi-racial
- 0.4%
Income & housing
- Median household income
- $82,125
- Median home value
- $118,100
Education
- Bachelor's degree or higher (age 25+)
- 36.7%
Employment
- Unemployment rate
- 2.3%
Housing
- Owner-occupied
- 59(78.7%)
- Renter-occupied
- 16(21.3%)
- Vacant units
- 27
- Built (median)
- 1947
Commute
- Public transit
- 0(0.0%)
- Work from home
- 6(4.8%)
- Avg commute
- 24.9 min
Economic wellbeing
- Below poverty line
- 6(2.7%)
- Uninsured
- 8(3.6%)
Digital access
- Broadband access
- 65(86.7%)
- No broadband
- 10(13.3%)
Language & nativity
- Foreign-born
- 0(0.0%)
- Non-English at home
- 6(2.8%)
Fair Market Rent
Fresh.HUD SAFMR · May 1, 2026Studio
$740
/month
1 Bed
$870
/month
2 Bed
$1,080
/month
3 Bed
$1,410
/month
4 Bed
$1,580
/month
HUD Fair Market Rents represent the 40th percentile of standard-quality rental housing in this area. FY2026 data.
New housing construction
New housing units permitted
8
Across 8 permitted buildings. Total construction value: $4.6M.
Single-family
8
100% of total units
Multifamily (2+ unit)
0
0% of total units
Single-family value
$4.6M
construction value
Multifamily value
$0
construction value
Based on county-level data (2024).
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (census.gov/construction/bps). Public domain. BPS reports annual residential building permits from local permit-issuing jurisdictions, aggregated to county. A permit reflects intent to build, not a completed unit — actual construction lags by 6-24 months for multifamily projects.
Business & employment
Business establishments
3
Total employment
3
Annual payroll
$100K
Average annual pay
$33,333
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Business Patterns (census.gov). Public domain. ZBP covers establishments with paid employees; Census suppresses employment and payroll values when fewer employers operate in a ZIP than would protect their confidentiality.
Employment & wages
Average annual pay
$50,932
Average weekly wage
$979
Total employment
452
Total establishments
76
That is roughly 22% below the US national average of $65,470 per worker.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (bls.gov/cew). Public domain. QCEW is derived from state unemployment-insurance filings and covers ~95% of US jobs. Figures are county-level totals assigned to ZIPs whose primary county matches; small-employer cells are suppressed by BLS to protect employer confidentiality.
Unemployment
Unemployment rate
2.7%
That is 1.3 percentage points below the US national unemployment rate of about 4.0%.
Labor force
1,035
Employed
1,007
Unemployed
28
Based on Gosper County, NE data (2024).
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (bls.gov/lau). Public domain. LAUS publishes monthly and annual labor-force estimates for every US county. Figures are county-level totals assigned to ZIPs whose primary county matches.
Federal Disaster Declarations
Federally Declared Disasters
14
Date Range
1967–2020
Most Recent Declaration
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Biological — declared April 4, 2020 (DR-4521)
Incident period: January 20, 2020 – May 11, 2023
Top Incident Types
- Severe Storm6 (43%)
- Flood3 (21%)
- Biological2 (14%)
- Snowstorm2 (14%)
- Hurricane1 (7%)
Individual Assistance
2
Direct help to disaster survivors
Households Program
1
Housing & temporary lodging support
Public Assistance
14
Repair of public facilities & roads
Hazard Mitigation
8
Funding to reduce future disaster risk
FEMA declares disasters at the county level; counts here include every federally declared disaster touching any county that overlaps this ZIP. Statewide declarations and pre-1964 records without county granularity are excluded. Program flags reflect which FEMA assistance categories were activated (Individual Assistance, Households, Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation). Source: fema.gov/openfema. Public domain.
Climate
30-year averages (1991-2020) from the nearest GHCN-D weather station. Temperature and precipitation values reflect typical annual conditions, not any single year.
Avg. temperature
50.7°F
38.7° – 62.7°
Annual precipitation
23.4"
Annual snowfall
20"
Heating · cooling days
6,122.2 · 942
Annual base 65°F
Nearest station: CANADAY STEAM PLT, NE US, 6.4 miles from the centroid of Smithfield, NE (ZIP 68976)
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals (ncei.noaa.gov). Public domain.
Community health profile
Years of potential life lost (per 100K)
—
Premature death is the headline composite outcome CHR reports — age-adjusted, all-cause, before age 75.
Fair or poor health
15%
of adults self-report
Poor physical health days
3.5
avg per adult per month
Poor mental health days
4.5
avg per adult per month
Uninsured
8.7%
of residents under 65
Primary care MDs
55
per 100,000 residents
Preventable hospital stays
1,118
per 100K Medicare enrollees
Food environment (0-10)
7.8
10 = best access & security
Exercise access
27%
residents near a facility
Flu vaccinated
42%
of Medicare enrollees
Low birth weight (under 2,500 g) accounts for 8.1% of live births in this county — an early-life health input that downstream outcomes track against.
Based on Gosper data (2025 CHR release).
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (countyhealthrankings.org). Annual release. Underlying source datasets vary by measure (CDC BRFSS, NCHS Vital Statistics, AHA, USDA Food Environment Atlas, and others). Figures are county-level and assigned to every ZIP whose primary county matches.
Food access
Food access status
Limited food access for many residents
64.1% of Gosper County, NE residents live more than 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural) from the nearest supermarket.
Grocery stores
—
per 1,000 residents
Supercenters & clubs
—
per 1,000 residents
SNAP-authorized stores
0.53
accepting food benefits
Fast-food restaurants
—
per 1,000 residents
Among low-income residents, 12.0% are low-access — those without a supermarket within 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural).
Per-1,000 figures show how many of each store type exist in Gosper County, NE for every 1,000 residents. Higher grocery and supercenter density usually means easier access to fresh food; higher convenience-store-only density (with low grocery rate) often signals a food swamp.
Source: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Environment Atlas (ers.usda.gov). County-level metrics fanned to ZIP via the primary county in the Census ZCTA-county relationship file. Variable years differ per family (stores ~2020, low-access ~2019).
Safety
FBI publishes crime data at the county level. Numbers below cover the primary county that contains this ZIP. Rates are per 100,000 residents in the area covered by reporting agencies.
Violent crime rate
—
per 100K residents · 0 reports
Property crime rate
—
per 100K residents · 0 reports
Homicide
0
Robbery
0
Burglary
0
Vehicle theft
0
County-level data for Gosper (2024)
Source: U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (cde.ucr.cjis.gov). Public domain. Coverage varies by reporting agency; areas with partial agency coverage may understate true crime totals.
Who’s moving in and out
Net migration (2022-2023)
▼−5 people
−4 households • −$670K net AGI flow
Moved in
44households
102 people • $3.5M AGI
Moved out
48households
107 people • $4.1M AGI
Where new residents came from
No county-level breakdown available.
Where departing residents went
No county-level breakdown available.
Incoming households reported an average AGI of $78,614 versus departing households' $86,021.
Source: U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income, Migration Data (irs.gov). Public domain. Migration is measured by year-over-year changes in the address on individual tax returns; figures are county-level totals attributed to ZIPs whose primary county matches. Foreign migration contributes to inflow/outflow totals but does not appear in the top-county lists. Small flows are suppressed by IRS to protect taxpayer confidentiality.
Taxes & benefits in Nebraska
State-level rules that apply to every resident of ZIP 68976. Numbers reflect the most recent published year per source.
Tax rates
Income tax
5.20%
graduated · 3 brackets
Sales tax (combined)
6.98%
State 5.50% · avg local 1.48%
Property tax (effective)
1.20%
Median $2,115/year
Tax burden rank
33 of 50
10.80% of personal income
For ZIP 68976: Applied to this ZIP's typical home value of $118,100, that works out to roughly $1,420/year in property tax.
Paid family leave
Program
No program
No program
Safety net
SNAP eligibility
165% FPL
Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility (raises gross income limit above federal 130% floor). Asset limit $25,000.
Sources: Tax Foundation (state tax rates & brackets), Bipartisan Policy Center (paid family leave), USDA FNS (SNAP categorical eligibility).
Other ZIPs near 68976
Nearby ZIPs by distance
68927 (Bertrand, 8.1 mi) · 68937 (Elwood, 8.2 mi) · 68958 (Loomis, 11.7 mi) · 68863 (Overton, 14.6 mi) · 68850 (Lexington, 15.6 mi) · 69028 (Eustis, 18.2 mi)
Compare ZIP-level stats — population, schools, housing, climate — across nearby areas. Source: U.S. Census Bureau ZCTA basemap.
Data sources used on this page
All data on this page is sourced from federal government datasets · Not AI-generated · Methodology
Health profile
Crude prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES, derived from BRFSS small-area modeling. Population-level figures only.
Obesity
37.5%
4.5pp above the 33.0% national rate.
High Blood Pressure
35.1%
3.1pp above the 32.0% national rate.
Depression
16.5%
5.5pp below the 22.0% national rate.
Annual Checkup
76.7%
Tracks close to the 76.0% national rate.
Health Insurance
8.1%
4.9pp below the 13.0% national rate.
Diabetes
11.5%
Tracks close to the 11.0% national rate.
Colleges & universities nearby
Colleges in this area
1
Median in-state tuition
$37,770
Median earnings (10 yr)
$51,303
- 4-Year
Hastings College
Hastings, NE · 68901
- In-state tuition
- $37,770
- Out-of-state tuition
- $37,770
- Acceptance rate
- 71.7%
- Graduation rate
- 51.2%
- Median earnings (10 yr)
- $51,303
- Median student debt
- $27,000
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (collegescorecard.ed.gov). Public domain data. Earnings figures reflect median earnings 10 years after entry for federally-aided students.
What these numbers say together
Smithfield, NE (ZIP 68976) sits in Gosper County. The page draws on 1 federal data feed retrieved Apr 24. Top health signal: Depression comes in below the national average at 16.5%. No NCES schools are mapped to this ZIP in the current dataset. 1 college or university serves the area, with median in-state tuition of $37,770. Local establishments report average pay of $33,333 per worker (Census ZBP) — below the US average. BLS QCEW reports average annual pay of $50,932 per worker, roughly 22% below the US average. FEMA has issued 14 federal disaster declarations affecting this ZIP since 1967. Per USDA's Food Environment Atlas, 64.1% of residents in this county live more than 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural) from the nearest supermarket — a deep food-access gap. Healthcare access is the area's quieter strength; school options sit on the lighter side, so families may find themselves looking at districts a few ZIPs over. Notable: median household income $82,125, fair market rent of $1,080 for a two-bedroom, and a low 2.7% poverty rate. Every figure on this page links to its underlying federal dataset with a retrieval date so you can audit the freshness yourself.
The two domains pull in different directions. Healthcare access reads strong, but the on-paper school count is on the lighter side — that’s less a quality signal and more a density one. Households here often look at districts a few ZIPs over for school choice while keeping their providers local.
One concrete reading worth keeping: Depression prevalence sits lower the national rate at 16.5%. Each figure on this page links to the original federal dataset with its retrieval date — this synthesis is a reading, not a substitute for the underlying records.
Frequently Asked Questions — ZIP 68976
What is the obesity rate in ZIP 68976?
37.5%, which is 4.5 percentage points above the national average of 33.0% (CDC PLACES, retrieved Apr 24, 2026).
What is the depression rate in ZIP 68976?
16.5%, which is 5.5 percentage points below the national average of 22.0% (CDC PLACES, retrieved Apr 24, 2026).
What is the high blood pressure rate in ZIP 68976?
35.1%, which is 3.1 percentage points above the national average of 32.0% (CDC PLACES, retrieved Apr 24, 2026).
What is the population of ZIP 68976?
224 people live in ZIP 68976, with a median age of 35.3 (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
What is the median household income in ZIP 68976?
$82,125 per year (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
Is ZIP 68976 mostly renters or homeowners?
In ZIP 68976, 78.7% of occupied housing units are owner-occupied and 21.3% are renter-occupied (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
How do people commute in ZIP 68976?
In ZIP 68976, 4.8% of workers work from home. Public transit is used by 0.0% of commuters (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
What is the poverty rate in ZIP 68976?
2.7% of the population in ZIP 68976 lives below the federal poverty line (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
What percentage of households in ZIP 68976 have broadband internet?
86.7% of households in ZIP 68976 have broadband internet access (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
How many businesses are in ZIP 68976?
As of 2022, 3 business establishments operated in ZIP 68976 employing 3 workers (Census ZIP Business Patterns, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What is the average salary in ZIP 68976?
The average annual pay across all local establishments in ZIP 68976 is $33,333, based on Census ZIP Business Patterns 2022 data (retrieved May 3, 2026).
How vulnerable is ZIP 68976 to disasters and public health emergencies?
According to the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (2022), ZIP 68976 ranks in the 30th percentile nationally for social vulnerability — a moderate vulnerability profile (retrieved May 3, 2026).
What is the biggest vulnerability factor in ZIP 68976?
Housing Type & Transportation is the highest-scoring CDC SVI theme for ZIP 68976, ranking in the 54th percentile nationally (CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022, retrieved May 3, 2026).
How many federally declared disasters has ZIP 68976 experienced?
FEMA has recorded 14 federal disaster declarations affecting ZIP 68976 between 1967–2020 (FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What kinds of disasters most often hit ZIP 68976?
Severe Storm is the most common federally declared disaster type affecting ZIP 68976, accounting for 6 of 14 declarations (43%, FEMA OpenFEMA, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What was the most recent disaster declared for ZIP 68976?
The most recent FEMA disaster declaration affecting ZIP 68976 was "COVID-19 PANDEMIC" — a biological declared in 2020 (DR-4521) (FEMA OpenFEMA, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What colleges are near ZIP 68976?
1 college or university is listed near ZIP 68976 by the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, including Hastings College (retrieved May 2, 2026).
What is the average tuition at colleges near ZIP 68976?
Median in-state tuition across 1 nearby institution is $37,770 (College Scorecard, retrieved May 2, 2026).
What do graduates earn from colleges near ZIP 68976?
Graduates of nearby colleges earn a median of $51,303 ten years after entry (College Scorecard, retrieved May 2, 2026).
What is the climate like in ZIP 68976?
ZIP 68976 has an average annual temperature of 50.7°F and 23.4" of annual precipitation based on the CANADAY STEAM PLT, NE US weather station 6.4 miles from the ZIP centroid (NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, retrieved May 8, 2026).
What taxes apply in ZIP 68976?
Nebraska has a graduated income tax with a top rate of 5.20%. Combined sales tax: 6.98% (Tax Foundation 2025).
Does Nebraska have paid family leave?
Nebraska has no state paid family leave program (Bipartisan Policy Center 2026).
What data is available for ZIP 68976?
This page covers health outcomes from CDC PLACES (40 metrics), demographics from the Census ACS 5-Year (2022), colleges from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (1 institution), local business & employment from Census ZIP Business Patterns (2022), social vulnerability scores from the CDC/ATSDR SVI (2022), federal disaster declarations from FEMA OpenFEMA (14 on record), climate normals from NOAA NCEI (1991-2020), county-level crime data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer (2024), and state-level tax rates from the Tax Foundation. Data is refreshed on Mubboo's standard schedule.
How current is this data?
Health data retrieved Apr 24, 2026 from CDC PLACES. Demographics retrieved Apr 30, 2026 from Census ACS 5-Year (2022). College data retrieved May 2, 2026 from U.S. Dept of Education College Scorecard. Business & employment retrieved May 3, 2026 from Census ZBP (2022). Social vulnerability scores retrieved May 3, 2026 from CDC/ATSDR SVI (2022). Federal disaster declarations retrieved May 3, 2026 from FEMA OpenFEMA (14 on record). Climate normals retrieved May 8, 2026 from NOAA NCEI (1991-2020). County-level crime data retrieved May 4, 2026 from the FBI Crime Data Explorer (2024). State-level tax rates retrieved 2026-05-05 15:58:22.284+00 from the Tax Foundation.
Other ZIPs near 68976
Nearby ZIPs by distance
68927 (Bertrand, 8.1 mi) · 68937 (Elwood, 8.2 mi) · 68958 (Loomis, 11.7 mi) · 68863 (Overton, 14.6 mi) · 68850 (Lexington, 15.6 mi) · 69028 (Eustis, 18.2 mi)
Compare ZIP-level stats — population, schools, housing, climate — across nearby areas. Source: U.S. Census Bureau ZCTA basemap.
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Social Vulnerability Index
Overall SVI
30th percentile
Moderate Vulnerability
Based on 1 census tract, population 149
Vulnerability Themes
Persons with Disability
18
Without HS Diploma
7
Without Health Insurance
17
Adults Age 65+
38
The Social Vulnerability Index uses U.S. Census data to identify communities most at risk during public health emergencies and natural disasters. Higher percentiles indicate greater vulnerability. Tract-level scores are aggregated to this ZCTA via Census 2020 ZCTA→Tract crosswalk, weighted by land-area share. Source: atsdr.cdc.gov. Public domain.