Nebraska · Census place 3104405

Bennington, Nebraska

Bennington is a city in Douglas County, Nebraska with an estimated 1,982 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 60th largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,982
#60 of 109 in Nebraska
Change since 2020
-2.0%
-40 people
Land area
0.9 sq mi
Density
2,202 / sq mi
State median 1,829
Orange pin: Bennington. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lincoln.

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Bennington population, 2020 to 2024

Bennington lost 40 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +4.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,022. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bennington covers 0.90 square miles of land, for 2,202 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Bennington is denser than the typical town.

What county Bennington is in

All of Bennington's residents live in Douglas County, which had 601,158 residents in 2024. Bennington 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 Bennington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bennington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68007. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Bennington is

The Census internal point of Bennington is at 41.367600, -96.161700. Lincoln, the capital, is 47.8 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Omaha, NE (489,265 people), 9.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.367600, -96.161700
DMS
41°22'3.36"N 96°09'42.12"W
UTM
14N 737386.7E 4583453.0N
Geohash
9z7e7f9pt
Plus code
86H59R9Q+28

Daylight in Bennington

At 41.37° N, Bennington gets about 15 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bennington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Omaha, 9.2 miles away, with 489,265 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bennington, NE?

1,982 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 40 (2.0%) from 2,022 in July 2020.

What county is Bennington in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Bennington?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 68007.

How far is Bennington from Lincoln?

47.8 miles (76.9 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Bennington.

What is the nearest larger city to Bennington?

Omaha, NE, with 489,265 residents, 9.2 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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