Nebraska · Census place 3111230
Creighton, Nebraska
Creighton is a city in Knox County, Nebraska with an estimated 1,114 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 97th largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,114
- #97 of 109 in Nebraska
- Change since 2020
- -3.0%
- -35 people
- Land area
- 1.2 sq mi
- Density
- 921 / sq mi
- State median 1,829
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Creighton population, 2020 to 2024
Creighton lost 35 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.0%. In the latest year it moved by -6.
Creighton covers 1.21 square miles of land, for 921 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Creighton is less dense than the typical town.
What county Creighton is in
All of Creighton's residents live in Knox County, which had 8,306 residents in 2024. Creighton holds 13.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Creighton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Creighton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68729. 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 Creighton is
The Census internal point of Creighton is at 42.464900, -97.907100. Lincoln, the capital, is 130.3 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Plainview, NE (1,267 people), 9.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD, 95.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.464900, -97.907100
- DMS
- 42°27'53.64"N 97°54'25.56"W
- UTM
- 14N 589850.1E 4701974.2N
- Geohash
- 9zd3s46pz
- Plus code
- 86J4F37V+X5
Daylight in Creighton
At 42.46° N, Creighton gets about 15 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Creighton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Plainview, 9.8 miles away, with 1,267 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Creighton, NE?
1,114 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 35 (3.0%) from 1,149 in July 2020.
What county is Creighton in?
Knox County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Creighton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 68729.
How far is Creighton from Lincoln?
130.3 miles (209.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Creighton.
What is the nearest larger city to Creighton?
Plainview, NE, with 1,267 residents, 9.8 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.