Schuyler, Nebraska

Schuyler population, 2020 to 2024

Schuyler added 181 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.8%. In the latest year it moved by +99. Among 32 Nebraska places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 8th; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Nebraska has 10,206 people, so Schuyler is 66% of it.

Schuyler covers 2.74 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 2,448 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Schuyler is denser than the typical town.

What county Schuyler is in

All of Schuyler's residents live in Colfax County, which had 10,826 residents in 2024. Schuyler holds 62.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Schuyler

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Schuyler by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68661. 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 Schuyler is

The Census internal point of Schuyler is at 41.450100, -97.061600. Lincoln, the capital, is 48.2 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Columbus, NE (25,126 people), 15.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lincoln, NE, 48.6 miles away.

Daylight in Schuyler

At 41.45° N, Schuyler gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Schuyler

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is David City, 14.0 miles away, with 3,026 people.