Holdrege, Nebraska

Holdrege population, 2020 to 2024

Holdrege added 19 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.3%. In the latest year it moved by -32. Among 32 Nebraska places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 17th; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Nebraska has 10,206 people, so Holdrege is 54% of it.

Holdrege covers 4.23 square miles of land, for 1,313 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Holdrege is less dense than the typical town.

What county Holdrege is in

All of Holdrege's residents live in Phelps County, which had 9,042 residents in 2024. Holdrege holds 61.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Holdrege

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Holdrege by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68949. 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 Holdrege is

The Census internal point of Holdrege is at 40.439400, -99.377000. Lincoln, the capital, is 142.7 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kearney, NE (34,741 people), 23.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lincoln, NE, 144.0 miles away.

Daylight in Holdrege

At 40.44° N, Holdrege gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Holdrege

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Minden, 21.9 miles away, with 3,116 people.