Nebraska · Census place 3152960
Wilber, Nebraska
Wilber is a city in Saline County, Nebraska with an estimated 1,952 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 62nd largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,952
- #62 of 109 in Nebraska
- Change since 2020
- -0.8%
- -15 people
- Land area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Density
- 2,193 / sq mi
- State median 1,829
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Wilber population, 2020 to 2024
Wilber lost 15 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +9.
Wilber covers 0.89 square miles of land, for 2,193 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Wilber is denser than the typical town.
What county Wilber is in
All of Wilber's residents live in Saline County, which had 14,740 residents in 2024. Wilber holds 13.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Wilber
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wilber by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68465. 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 Wilber is
The Census internal point of Wilber is at 40.480900, -96.964900. Lincoln, the capital, is 26.5 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Crete, NE (7,580 people), 9.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lincoln, NE, 27.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.480900, -96.964900
- DMS
- 40°28'51.24"N 96°57'53.64"W
- UTM
- 14N 672496.5E 4483123.9N
- Geohash
- 9z5n39266
- Plus code
- 86G5F2JP+92
Daylight in Wilber
At 40.48° N, Wilber gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Wilber
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Crete, 10.0 miles away, with 7,580 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Wilber, NE?
1,952 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 15 (0.8%) from 1,967 in July 2020.
What county is Wilber in?
Saline County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Wilber?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 68465.
How far is Wilber from Lincoln?
26.5 miles (42.7 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Wilber.
What is the nearest larger city to Wilber?
Crete, NE, with 7,580 residents, 9.9 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.