Nebraska · Census place 3104300

Bennet, Nebraska

Bennet is a village in Lancaster County, Nebraska with an estimated 1,089 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 100th largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,089; #100 of 109 in Nebraska
Change since 2020: +0.6%; +7 people
Land area: 0.5 sq mi
Density: 2,094 / sq mi; State median 1,829

Orange pin: Bennet. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lincoln.

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Bennet population, 2020 to 2024

Bennet added 7 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +2.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,078. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bennet covers 0.52 square miles of land, for 2,094 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Bennet is denser than the typical town.

What county Bennet is in

All of Bennet's residents live in Lancaster County, which had 332,857 residents in 2024. Bennet holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bennet

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bennet by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 68317. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Bennet is

The Census internal point of Bennet is at 40.681700, -96.503900. Lincoln, the capital, is 13.5 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hickman, NE (3,285 people), 7.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lincoln, NE, 12.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 40.681700, -96.503900
DMS: 40°40'54.12"N 96°30'14.04"W
UTM: 14N 710942.6E 4506419.9N
Geohash: 9z5rkjbh0
Plus code: 86G5MFJW+MC

Daylight in Bennet

At 40.68° N, Bennet gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bennet

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Hickman, 7.6 miles away, with 3,285 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bennet, NE?

1,089 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 7 (0.6%) from 1,082 in July 2020.

What county is Bennet in?

Lancaster County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Bennet?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 68317.

How far is Bennet from Lincoln?

13.5 miles (21.7 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Bennet.

What is the nearest larger city to Bennet?

Hickman, NE, with 3,285 residents, 7.6 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.