Hickman
Lancaster County2,632 in 2020·3,663 in 2025·+1,031 people
Nebraska rankings · Growth
Fastest-growing towns in Nebraska
Hickman has grown fastest of Nebraska’s 55 towns of 2,500+: up 39.2% from 2,632 residents in April 2020 to an estimated 3,663 in July 2025 (Census Bureau estimates). The typical town here changed +0.8%; 21 of the 55 lost residents.
Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025: July 1, 2025 against the April 2020 base, both on January 2025 town lines (people a town annexed are in its base, not its growth). Estimates, not counts. Unincorporated communities (census-designated places) get no estimate, so they aren’t listed. A described list: no letters. How grades work
+39.2%
#2Ashland
Saunders County3,083 in 2020·3,483 in 2025·+400 people
Valley
Douglas County3,036 in 2020·3,412 in 2025·+376 people
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What is the fastest-growing town in Nebraska?
Hickman (Lancaster County): it grew 39.2%, from 2,632 residents in April 2020 to an estimated 3,663 in July 2025. Ashland (+13.0%) and Valley (+12.4%) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the percent change in residents from the Census Bureau’s April 2020 estimates base to its latest July 1 estimate, highest first, on the exact change: two towns shown with the same tenth of a percent keep the order of their unrounded figures, and only an identical change shares a rank (T). The base is the 2020 Census count redrawn on today’s town lines, so a town that annexed land since 2020 changes only by births, deaths and moves, not by the people it took in. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers the towns TownRatings grades that had 2,500+ residents in the 2020 estimates base (55 in Nebraska). Census-designated places (unincorporated communities) have no Census Bureau estimates, so they never appear; a town incorporated since 2020, or one TownRatings merges with its twin township, isn’t listed either. Every town is on the Nebraska page.
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