Nebraska · Census place 3153660
Wood River, Nebraska
Wood River is a city in Hall County, Nebraska with an estimated 1,164 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 94th largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,164
- #94 of 109 in Nebraska
- Change since 2020
- -1.4%
- -16 people
- Land area
- 1.1 sq mi
- Density
- 1,030 / sq mi
- State median 1,829
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Wood River population, 2020 to 2024
Wood River lost 16 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by -5.
Wood River covers 1.13 square miles of land, for 1,030 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Wood River is less dense than the typical town.
What county Wood River is in
All of Wood River's residents live in Hall County, which had 62,869 residents in 2024. Wood River holds 1.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Wood River
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wood River by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68883. 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 Wood River is
The Census internal point of Wood River is at 40.819600, -98.604200. Lincoln, the capital, is 99.6 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gibbon, NE (1,917 people), 13.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lincoln, NE, 100.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.819600, -98.604200
- DMS
- 40°49'10.56"N 98°36'15.12"W
- UTM
- 14N 533378.0E 4518806.6N
- Geohash
- 9z3bhnyx7
- Plus code
- 86G3R99W+R8
Daylight in Wood River
At 40.82° N, Wood River gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Wood River
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Shelton, 7.1 miles away, with 1,045 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Wood River, NE?
1,164 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 16 (1.4%) from 1,180 in July 2020.
What county is Wood River in?
Hall County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Wood River?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 68883.
How far is Wood River from Lincoln?
99.6 miles (160.3 km) in a straight line, heading E from Wood River.
What is the nearest larger city to Wood River?
Gibbon, NE, with 1,917 residents, 13.6 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.