Nebraska · Census place 3121905

Hebron, Nebraska

Hebron is a city in Thayer County, Nebraska with an estimated 1,397 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 80th largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,397
#80 of 109 in Nebraska
Change since 2020
-3.9%
-56 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
919 / sq mi
State median 1,829
Orange pin: Hebron. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lincoln.

Hebron population, 2020 to 2024

Hebron lost 56 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.9%. In the latest year it moved by +3.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,456. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hebron covers 1.52 square miles of land, for 919 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Hebron is less dense than the typical town.

What county Hebron is in

All of Hebron's residents live in Thayer County, which had 4,870 residents in 2024. Hebron holds 28.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hebron

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hebron by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68370. 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 Hebron is

The Census internal point of Hebron is at 40.168800, -97.586000. Lincoln, the capital, is 64.2 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fairbury, NE (3,858 people), 21.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lincoln, NE, 65.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.168800, -97.586000
DMS
40°10'7.68"N 97°35'9.60"W
UTM
14N 620403.0E 4447451.1N
Geohash
9z4se2s01
Plus code
86G45C97+GH

Daylight in Hebron

At 40.17° N, Hebron gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hebron

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Fairbury, 21.7 miles away, with 3,858 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hebron, NE?

1,397 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 56 (3.9%) from 1,453 in July 2020.

What county is Hebron in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Hebron?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 68370.

How far is Hebron from Lincoln?

64.2 miles (103.3 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Hebron.

What is the nearest larger city to Hebron?

Fairbury, NE, with 3,858 residents, 21.7 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.