Nebraska · Census place 3147955
Sutton, Nebraska
Sutton is a city in Clay County, Nebraska with an estimated 1,443 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 77th largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,443
- #77 of 109 in Nebraska
- Change since 2020
- -0.6%
- -8 people
- Land area
- 1.9 sq mi
- Density
- 780 / sq mi
- State median 1,829
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Sutton population, 2020 to 2024
Sutton lost 8 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by -16.
Sutton covers 1.85 square miles of land, for 780 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Sutton is less dense than the typical town.
What county Sutton is in
All of Sutton's residents live in Clay County, which had 6,103 residents in 2024. Sutton holds 23.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sutton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sutton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68979. 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 Sutton is
The Census internal point of Sutton is at 40.607000, -97.857300. Lincoln, the capital, is 62.2 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Geneva, NE (2,127 people), 14.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lincoln, NE, 63.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.607000, -97.857300
- DMS
- 40°36'25.20"N 97°51'26.28"W
- UTM
- 14N 596672.4E 4495759.3N
- Geohash
- 9z4rj0q2z
- Plus code
- 86G4J44V+R3
Daylight in Sutton
At 40.61° N, Sutton gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Sutton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Henderson, 12.2 miles away, with 1,089 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sutton, NE?
1,443 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 8 (0.6%) from 1,451 in July 2020.
What county is Sutton in?
Clay County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sutton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 68979.
How far is Sutton from Lincoln?
62.2 miles (100.1 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Sutton.
What is the nearest larger city to Sutton?
Geneva, NE, with 2,127 residents, 14.7 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.
- 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.