Nebraska · Census place 3150020

Valley, Nebraska

Valley is a city in Douglas County, Nebraska with an estimated 3,336 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 46th largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,336
#46 of 109 in Nebraska
Change since 2020
+9.5%
+289 people
Land area
5.3 sq mi
+ 1.15 sq mi water
Density
628 / sq mi
State median 1,829
Orange pin: Valley. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lincoln.

Valley population, 2020 to 2024

Valley added 289 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.5%. In the latest year it moved by +76.

3,04720203,08620213,14920223,26020233,3362024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,036. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Valley covers 5.31 square miles of land and 1.15 of water, for 628 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Valley is less dense than the typical town.

What county Valley is in

All of Valley's residents live in Douglas County, which had 601,158 residents in 2024. Valley holds 0.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Valley

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Valley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68064. 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 Valley is

The Census internal point of Valley is at 41.317000, -96.362300. Lincoln, the capital, is 39.3 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fremont, NE (28,190 people), 10.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Omaha, NE, 16.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.317000, -96.362300
DMS
41°19'1.20"N 96°21'44.28"W
UTM
14N 720778.5E 4577304.5N
Geohash
9z77p1x0g
Plus code
86H58J8Q+R3

Daylight in Valley

At 41.32° N, Valley gets about 15 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Valley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Yutan, 5.4 miles away, with 1,442 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Valley, NE?

3,336 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 289 (9.5%) from 3,047 in July 2020.

What county is Valley in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Valley?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 68064.

How far is Valley from Lincoln?

39.3 miles (63.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Valley.

What is the nearest larger city to Valley?

Fremont, NE, with 28,190 residents, 10.7 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.