Nebraska · Census place 3138750
Pender, Nebraska
Pender is a village in Thurston County, Nebraska with an estimated 1,089 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 102nd largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,089
- #102 of 109 in Nebraska
- Change since 2020
- -3.4%
- -38 people
- Land area
- 0.7 sq mi
- Density
- 1,556 / sq mi
- State median 1,829
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Pender population, 2020 to 2024
Pender lost 38 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.4%. In the latest year it moved by +18.
Pender covers 0.70 square miles of land, for 1,556 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Pender is less dense than the typical town.
What county Pender is in
All of Pender's residents live in Thurston County, which had 6,637 residents in 2024. Pender holds 16.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Pender
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pender by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 68047. 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 Pender is
The Census internal point of Pender is at 42.110600, -96.711600. Lincoln, the capital, is 90.0 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wakefield, NE (1,516 people), 13.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Omaha, NE, 67.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.110600, -96.711600
- DMS
- 42°06'38.16"N 96°42'41.76"W
- UTM
- 14N 689196.5E 4664590.4N
- Geohash
- 9z7px60b0
- Plus code
- 86J5476Q+69
Daylight in Pender
At 42.11° N, Pender gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Pender
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Wakefield, 13.3 miles away, with 1,516 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Pender, NE?
1,089 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 38 (3.4%) from 1,127 in July 2020.
What county is Pender in?
Thurston County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Pender?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 68047.
How far is Pender from Lincoln?
90.0 miles (144.8 km) in a straight line, heading S from Pender.
What is the nearest larger city to Pender?
Wakefield, NE, with 1,516 residents, 13.3 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.