Nebraska · Census place 3150965

Wahoo, Nebraska

Wahoo is a city in Saunders County, Nebraska with an estimated 4,970 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 33rd largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,970
#33 of 109 in Nebraska
Change since 2020
+2.9%
+142 people
Land area
2.9 sq mi
Density
1,696 / sq mi
State median 1,829
Orange pin: Wahoo. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lincoln.

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Wahoo population, 2020 to 2024

Wahoo added 142 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.9%. In the latest year it moved by -18.

4,82820204,90320214,94520224,98820234,9702024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,813. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wahoo covers 2.93 square miles of land, for 1,696 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Wahoo is close to the typical town.

What county Wahoo is in

All of Wahoo's residents live in Saunders County, which had 23,406 residents in 2024. Wahoo holds 21.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wahoo

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wahoo by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68066. 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 Wahoo is

The Census internal point of Wahoo is at 41.217100, -96.617800. Lincoln, the capital, is 28.6 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fremont, NE (28,190 people), 16.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lincoln, NE, 28.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.217100, -96.617800
DMS
41°13'1.56"N 96°37'4.08"W
UTM
14N 699695.5E 4565593.9N
Geohash
9z763rm54
Plus code
86H5698J+RV

Daylight in Wahoo

At 41.22° N, Wahoo gets about 15 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wahoo

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Yutan, 11.7 miles away, with 1,442 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wahoo, NE?

4,970 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 142 (2.9%) from 4,828 in July 2020.

What county is Wahoo in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Wahoo?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 68066.

How far is Wahoo from Lincoln?

28.6 miles (46.0 km) in a straight line, heading S from Wahoo.

What is the nearest larger city to Wahoo?

Fremont, NE, with 28,190 residents, 16.8 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.