City Stats
Rankings

Best Places to Live in Nebraska

618 cities ranked by livability score (crime + housing + schools + cost of living).

Best Places to Live in Nebraska (2026)

RankCityLivabilityPopulationCrime ScoreHousing ScoreMedian Price
#1Omaha, NE50836,74000$0
#2Lincoln, NE50298,05600$0
#3Bellevue, NE5064,51000$0
#4Grand Island, NE5052,88400$0
#5Elkhorn, NE5036,53800$0
#6Kearney, NE5034,24600$0
#7Fremont, NE5027,56700$0
#8Norfolk, NE5026,05400$0
#9Papillion, NE5025,24400$0
#10Hastings, NE5025,00800$0
#11Columbus, NE5024,48800$0
#12North Platte, NE5022,83100$0
#13La Vista, NE5016,56300$0
#14Scottsbluff, NE5014,37600$0
#15South Sioux City, NE5013,90700$0
#16Beatrice, NE5012,22500$0
#17Lexington, NE5010,86200$0
#18Chalco, NE5010,59500$0
#19Gretna, NE509,19300$0
#20Gering, NE508,55000$0
#21York, NE508,14100$0
#22Alliance, NE508,07500$0
#23Blair, NE507,91400$0
#24Seward, NE507,67800$0
#25Crete, NE507,52700$0
#26Nebraska City, NE507,36900$0
#27McCook, NE507,31400$0
#28Plattsmouth, NE506,73100$0
#29Schuyler, NE506,57800$0
#30Ralston, NE506,47200$0
#31Sidney, NE506,41900$0
#32Wayne, NE506,12100$0
#33Offutt AFB, NE506,07400$0
#34Holdrege, NE505,54600$0
#35Chadron, NE505,16000$0
#36Wahoo, NE504,92900$0
#37Ogallala, NE504,77700$0
#38Aurora, NE504,66400$0
#39Oneill, NE504,57200$0
#40Waverly, NE504,44000$0
#41Falls City, NE504,07700$0
#42Cozad, NE503,93700$0
#43Fairbury, NE503,88800$0
#44Saint Paul, NE503,78500$0
#45O'Neill, NE503,57000$0
#46Broken Bow, NE503,50200$0
#47West Point, NE503,47100$0
#48Auburn, NE503,47000$0
#49Gothenburg, NE503,45200$0
#50Valley, NE503,17400$0
#51Minden, NE503,10800$0
#52Ashland, NE503,07100$0
#53Central City, NE503,06100$0
#54David City, NE503,01700$0
#55Hickman, NE503,00400$0
#56St. Paul, NE502,75800$0
#57Dakota City, NE502,67500$0
#58Valentine, NE502,63300$0
#59Milford, NE502,56500$0
#60Bennington, NE502,36600$0
#61Kimball, NE502,22500$0
#62Imperial, NE502,21000$0
#63Geneva, NE502,19300$0
#64Beaver Lake, NE502,11400$0
#65Ord, NE502,10000$0
#66Madison, NE502,07900$0
#67Syracuse, NE501,99000$0
#68Mitchell, NE501,96200$0
#69Pierce, NE501,95600$0
#70Wilber, NE501,93600$0
#71Tecumseh, NE501,88200$0
#72Superior, NE501,87900$0
#73Yutan, NE501,83200$0
#74Albion, NE501,82200$0
#75Gibbon, NE501,76300$0
#76Gordon, NE501,72100$0
#77Stanton, NE501,70200$0
#78Ainsworth, NE501,69700$0
#79Tekamah, NE501,69000$0
#80Woodland Park, NE501,65700$0
#81Hartington, NE501,62100$0
#82Springfield, NE501,59500$0
#83Hebron, NE501,57700$0
#84Oakland, NE501,55200$0
#85Bayard, NE501,53100$0
#86Neligh, NE501,51500$0
#87Wood River, NE501,49400$0
#88Arlington, NE501,46700$0
#89Wisner, NE501,46100$0
#90Battle Creek, NE501,45600$0
#91Louisville, NE501,44900$0
#92Buccaneer Bay, NE501,41800$0
#93Grant, NE501,41300$0
#94Weeping Water, NE501,40700$0
#95Shelton, NE501,38900$0
#96Ravenna, NE501,38200$0
#97Pender, NE501,37900$0
#98Atkinson, NE501,37700$0
#99Fullerton, NE501,34600$0
#100Bridgeport, NE501,34200$0
#101Sutton, NE501,32300$0
#102Wymore, NE501,32000$0
#103Wakefield, NE501,30500$0
#104Plainview, NE501,28100$0
#105Eagle, NE501,25900$0
#106Ceresco, NE501,22500$0
#107Creighton, NE501,22200$0
#108Bennet, NE501,21800$0
#109Sutherland, NE501,20900$0
#110Fort Calhoun, NE501,17300$0
#111Friend, NE501,15500$0
#112Alma, NE501,15400$0
#113North Bend, NE501,15200$0
#114Elm Creek, NE501,10700$0
#115Cambridge, NE501,08200$0
#116Stromsburg, NE501,07400$0
#117Winnebago, NE501,05800$0
#118Henderson, NE501,04900$0
#119Cairo, NE501,03500$0
#120Laurel, NE501,01800$0
#121Utica, NE501,01500$0
#122Harvard, NE501,00800$0
#123Arapahoe, NE5099300$0
#124Saint Libory, NE5099200$0
#125Waterloo, NE5099000$0
#126Hooper, NE5098900$0
#127Doniphan, NE5098300$0
#128Loup City, NE5097300$0
#129Bloomfield, NE5095900$0
#130Franklin, NE5094600$0
#131Arnold, NE5094500$0
#132Tilden, NE5093600$0
#133Red Cloud, NE5093400$0
#134Chappell, NE5091500$0
#135Benkelman, NE5090500$0
#136Crofton, NE5090200$0
#137Kenesaw, NE5090200$0
#138Lyons, NE5090000$0
#139Osceola, NE5089600$0
#140Saint Edward, NE5089300$0
#141Offutt Afb, NE5089200$0
#142Newman Grove, NE5088500$0
#143Emerson, NE5088500$0
#144Morrill, NE5088000$0
#145Crawford, NE5087800$0
#146Randolph, NE5087700$0
#147Rushville, NE5087700$0
#148Genoa, NE5086000$0
#149Burwell, NE5084800$0
#150Axtell, NE5081800$0
#151Walthill, NE5081200$0
#152Boys Town, NE5080900$0
#153Oshkosh, NE5080700$0
#154Clay Center, NE5080200$0
#155Pawnee City, NE5080100$0
#156Terrytown, NE5079300$0
#157Cedar Bluffs, NE5078200$0
#158Blue Hill, NE5078200$0
#159Beemer, NE5077500$0
#160Humboldt, NE5077500$0
#161Elmwood, NE5077400$0
#162Curtis, NE5076900$0
#163Juniata, NE5075000$0
#164Deshler, NE5072900$0
#165Ponca, NE5072700$0
#166Scribner, NE5072500$0
#167Hershey, NE5072400$0
#168McCool Junction, NE5071800$0
#169Bertrand, NE5071800$0
#170Sterling, NE5071700$0
#171Hemingford, NE5071400$0
#172Humphrey, NE5071300$0
#173Minatare, NE5071200$0
#174Wausa, NE5069800$0
#175Overton, NE5068900$0
#176Shelby, NE5068400$0
#177Peru, NE5065300$0
#178Hampton, NE5065300$0
#179Glenwood, NE5065300$0
#180Oxford, NE5065200$0
#181Alda, NE5065100$0
#182Hay Springs, NE5064900$0
#183Osmond, NE5064700$0
#184Elgin, NE5064200$0
#185Macy, NE5063700$0
#186Fairmont, NE5063500$0
#187Culbertson, NE5063400$0
#188Stuart, NE5062800$0
#189Paxton, NE5062200$0
#190Verdigre, NE5061300$0
#191Duncan, NE5061200$0
#192Mead, NE5060700$0
#193Firth, NE5060400$0
#194Greenwood, NE5060100$0
#195Clarkson, NE5060000$0
#196Bancroft, NE5059300$0
#197Palmyra, NE5058900$0
#198St. Edward, NE5058800$0
#199Adams, NE5058000$0
#200Bassett, NE5058000$0
#201Walton, NE5057900$0
#202Ansley, NE5056300$0
#203Callaway, NE5056200$0
#204Exeter, NE5056200$0
#205Pleasanton, NE5055600$0
#206Coleridge, NE5055300$0
#207Nickerson, NE5055200$0
#208Dorchester, NE5055000$0
#209Beaver City, NE5054700$0
#210Cortland, NE5054700$0
#211Greeley, NE5053800$0
#212Sargent, NE5053400$0
#213Elwood, NE5053400$0
#214Wauneta, NE5053100$0
#215Valparaiso, NE5052400$0
#216Howells, NE5051700$0
#217Indianola, NE5051200$0
#218Inglewood, NE5051100$0
#219Edgar, NE5050100$0
#220Big Springs, NE5049600$0
#221Cedar Rapids, NE5049300$0
#222Bellwood, NE5049200$0
#223Trenton, NE5048700$0
#224Nelson, NE5048700$0
#225Winside, NE5048500$0
#226Decatur, NE5048200$0
#227Hildreth, NE5048000$0
#228Malcolm, NE5048000$0
#229Mullen, NE5047800$0
#230Brady, NE5047000$0
#231Allen, NE5046800$0
#232Giltner, NE5045700$0
#233Lakeview, NE5044700$0
#234Homer, NE5044600$0
#235Dodge, NE5044600$0
#236Leigh, NE5044300$0
#237De Witt, NE5043700$0
#238Dalton, NE5043500$0
#239Eustis, NE5043100$0
#240Murray, NE5043100$0
#241Scotia, NE5042800$0
#242Cedar Creek, NE5042700$0
#243Kennard, NE5042500$0
#244Chambers, NE5042400$0
#245Greeley Center, NE5041700$0
#246Orchard, NE5041000$0
#247Palmer, NE5040300$0
#248Petersburg, NE5039700$0
#249Plymouth, NE5039700$0
#250Shickley, NE5038700$0
#251Merna, NE5038300$0
#252Phillips, NE5038200$0
#253Pilger, NE5038200$0
#254Newcastle, NE5037600$0
#255Loomis, NE5037500$0
#256Ewing, NE5037200$0
#257Long Pine, NE5036300$0
#258Herman, NE5036000$0
#259Beaver Crossing, NE5035700$0
#260Oakdale, NE5035500$0
#261Sumner, NE5035300$0
#262Spalding, NE5035300$0
#263Niobrara, NE5035300$0
#264Bartley, NE5035200$0
#265Polk, NE5035100$0
#266Hallam, NE5034600$0
#267Brule, NE5034600$0
#268Bradshaw, NE5034600$0
#269Stapleton, NE5034300$0
#270Boelus, NE5034300$0
#271Stratton, NE5034200$0
#272Silver Creek, NE5034100$0
#273Johnson, NE5033900$0
#274Orleans, NE5033700$0
#275Wilcox, NE5033600$0
#276Clarks, NE5033000$0
#277Unadilla, NE5032900$0
#278Cook, NE5032800$0
#279Blue Springs, NE5032800$0
#280Fairfield, NE5032700$0
#281Clatonia, NE5032600$0
#282Staplehurst, NE5032200$0
#283Palisade, NE5032100$0
#284Platte Center, NE5031800$0
#285Lindsay, NE5031300$0
#286Clearwater, NE5031200$0
#287Spencer, NE5031200$0
#288Prague, NE5031000$0
#289Goehner, NE5030900$0
#290Arcadia, NE5030800$0
#291St. Libory, NE5030700$0
#292Riverdale, NE5030700$0
#293Roseland, NE5030600$0
#294Brainard, NE5030300$0
#295Trumbull, NE5029800$0
#296Hayes Center, NE5029700$0
#297Milligan, NE5029600$0
#298Ashby, NE5029600$0
#299Snyder, NE5029300$0
#300Lyman, NE5029100$0
#301Chapman, NE5029000$0
#302Whitman, NE5029000$0
#303Guide Rock, NE5028600$0
#304Carroll, NE5028600$0
#305Glenvil, NE5028500$0
#306Wolbach, NE5028300$0
#307Potter, NE5028300$0
#308Bee, NE5028100$0
#309Benedict, NE5028000$0
#310Jackson, NE5027300$0
#311Butte, NE5027300$0
#312Holbrook, NE5027300$0
#313Amherst, NE5027200$0
#314Douglas, NE5026900$0
#315Campbell, NE5026800$0
#316Maywood, NE5026600$0
#317Wallace, NE5026600$0
#318Dunbar, NE5026600$0
#319Marquette, NE5026500$0
#320Hadar, NE5026400$0
#321Bruning, NE5025900$0
#322Davenport, NE5025700$0
#323Farnam, NE5025700$0
#324Weston, NE5025600$0
#325Rising City, NE5025600$0
#326Table Rock, NE5025500$0
#327Monroe, NE5025200$0
#328Hoskins, NE5025000$0
#329Yankee Hill, NE5025000$0
#330Gresham, NE5024900$0
#331Rosalie, NE5024700$0
#332Funk, NE5024400$0
#333Uehling, NE5024400$0
#334Pleasant Dale, NE5024400$0
#335Roca, NE5024200$0
#336Chester, NE5024000$0
#337North Loup, NE5023800$0
#338Saint Helena, NE5023800$0
#339Santee, NE5023500$0
#340Dannebrog, NE5023500$0
#341Litchfield, NE5023300$0
#342Panama, NE5023200$0
#343Ashton, NE5023200$0
#344Dwight, NE5023000$0
#345Murdock, NE5022800$0
#346Madrid, NE5022600$0
#347Thedford, NE5022500$0
#348Belgrade, NE5022400$0
#349Dix, NE5022400$0
#350Lawrence, NE5022300$0
#351Lodgepole, NE5022300$0
#352Hordville, NE5022100$0
#353Harrison, NE5021800$0
#354Springview, NE5021700$0
#355Western, NE5021500$0
#356Union, NE5021500$0
#357Shubert, NE5021400$0
#358Odell, NE5021100$0
#359Wynot, NE5020900$0
#360Gurley, NE5020700$0
#361Lewellen, NE5020700$0
#362Woodland Hills, NE5020500$0
#363Manley, NE5020400$0
#364Washington, NE5019800$0
#365Mclean, NE5019800$0
#366Brunswick, NE5019600$0
#367Haigler, NE5019500$0
#368Daykin, NE5019500$0
#369Fordyce, NE5019500$0
#370Lakeside, NE5019300$0
#371Center, NE5019100$0
#372Avoca, NE5019000$0
#373Ulysses, NE5019000$0
#374Hubbard, NE5019000$0
#375Carleton, NE5018900$0
#376Bartlett, NE5018900$0
#377Mason City, NE5018900$0
#378Raymond, NE5018700$0
#379Howard City, NE5018600$0
#380Holstein, NE5018500$0
#381Verdon, NE5018500$0
#382Ithaca, NE5018300$0
#383Venango, NE5018200$0
#384Overland, NE5018200$0
#385Garland, NE5018000$0
#386Pickrell, NE5018000$0
#387Diller, NE5017900$0
#388Waco, NE5017800$0
#389Stamford, NE5017800$0
#390Leshara, NE5017700$0
#391Sprague, NE5017600$0
#392Maxwell, NE5017400$0
#393Meadow Grove, NE5017400$0
#394Elba, NE5017100$0
#395Creston, NE5017000$0
#396Rockville, NE5016900$0
#397Ellsworth, NE5016900$0
#398Oconto, NE5016700$0
#399Bladen, NE5016600$0
#400Dawson, NE5016600$0
#401Rulo, NE5016400$0
#402Otoe, NE5016000$0
#403Bushnell, NE5016000$0
#404Grafton, NE5016000$0
#405Ericson, NE5015700$0
#406Talmage, NE5015500$0
#407Octavia, NE5015300$0
#408Inman, NE5015300$0
#409Endicott, NE5015100$0
#410Hazard, NE5015000$0
#411Ruskin, NE5014900$0
#412Edison, NE5014700$0
#413Melbeta, NE5014600$0
#414Denton, NE5014500$0
#415Hyannis, NE5014500$0
#416Du Bois, NE5014500$0
#417Cheney, NE5014400$0
#418Concord, NE5014300$0
#419Belmar, NE5014300$0
#420Tryon, NE5014200$0
#421Taylor, NE5014200$0
#422Elsie, NE5013900$0
#423Odessa, NE5013800$0
#424Lynch, NE5013700$0
#425Aten, NE5013600$0
#426Kilgore, NE5013500$0
#427Atlanta, NE5013300$0
#428Martell, NE5013300$0
#429Cordova, NE5013100$0
#430Memphis, NE5013000$0
#431Miller, NE5012800$0
#432Lake Waconda, NE5012700$0
#433Stella, NE5012600$0
#434Ayr, NE5012600$0
#435Eddyville, NE5012500$0
#436Cody, NE5012500$0
#437Alvo, NE5012300$0
#438Jansen, NE5012300$0
#439Sunol, NE5012300$0
#440Elk Creek, NE5012200$0
#441Page, NE5012000$0
#442Brock, NE5012000$0
#443Burchard, NE5011900$0
#444Upland, NE5011800$0
#445Davey, NE5011700$0
#446Naper, NE5011700$0
#447Merriman, NE5011700$0
#448Barneston, NE5011700$0
#449Craig, NE5011300$0
#450Hardy, NE5011300$0
#451Cushing, NE5011200$0
#452Bloomington, NE5011200$0
#453Filley, NE5011000$0
#454Marsland, NE5011000$0
#455Nehawka, NE5010900$0
#456Smithfield, NE5010800$0
#457Broadwater, NE5010600$0
#458Riverton, NE5010600$0
#459Bow Valley, NE5010600$0
#460Ohiowa, NE5010500$0
#461Bruno, NE5010400$0
#462Harrisburg, NE5010300$0
#463Salem, NE5010200$0
#464Brownville, NE5010200$0
#465Colon, NE5010200$0
#466Belden, NE5010100$0
#467Alexandria, NE5010100$0
#468King Lake, NE5010100$0
#469Thurston, NE5010000$0
#470South Bend, NE5010000$0
#471Linoma Beach, NE509900$0
#472Rogers, NE509900$0
#473Loretto, NE509900$0
#474Princeton, NE509900$0
#475Purdum, NE509900$0
#476Wilsonville, NE509800$0
#477St. Helena, NE509700$0
#478Roscoe, NE509700$0
#479Heartwell, NE509700$0
#480Waterbury, NE509500$0
#481Malmo, NE509500$0
#482Henry, NE509400$0
#483Anselmo, NE509300$0
#484Swanton, NE509300$0
#485Republican City, NE509200$0
#486Byron, NE509200$0
#487Naponee, NE508800$0
#488Oak, NE508800$0
#489Dickens, NE508800$0
#490McLean, NE508600$0
#491Linwood, NE508000$0
#492Comstock, NE508000$0
#493Dixon, NE507800$0
#494Farwell, NE507800$0
#495Dunning, NE507800$0
#496Maskell, NE507600$0
#497Virginia, NE507600$0
#498Prosser, NE507600$0
#499Wellfleet, NE507400$0
#500Steinauer, NE507300$0
#501Venice, NE507300$0
#502Lorton, NE507200$0
#503Martinsburg, NE507100$0
#504Morse Bluff, NE507000$0
#505Danbury, NE507000$0
#506Saronville, NE506900$0
#507Winslow, NE506900$0
#508Winnetoon, NE506800$0
#509McGrew, NE506700$0
#510Clinton, NE506600$0
#511Arthur, NE506600$0
#512Harbine, NE506500$0
#513Nemaha, NE506400$0
#514Steele City, NE506200$0
#515Magnet, NE506100$0
#516Garrison, NE506100$0
#517Tobias, NE506100$0
#518Hubbell, NE506100$0
#519Holmesville, NE506100$0
#520Primrose, NE506000$0
#521Fontanelle, NE506000$0
#522Amelia, NE506000$0
#523Abie, NE505900$0
#524Deweese, NE505600$0
#525Richland, NE505500$0
#526Bristow, NE505500$0
#527Sparks, NE505400$0
#528Archer, NE505300$0
#529Liberty, NE505100$0
#530Berwyn, NE505100$0
#531Lemoyne, NE505100$0
#532Ong, NE505000$0
#533Foster, NE505000$0
#534Richfield, NE504700$0
#535Enders, NE504600$0
#536Newport, NE504600$0
#537Whitney, NE504600$0
#538Mcgrew, NE504600$0
#539Crookston, NE504500$0
#540Seneca, NE504500$0
#541Elyria, NE504300$0
#542Lewiston, NE504200$0
#543Julian, NE504200$0
#544Gandy, NE504200$0
#545Cornlea, NE504200$0
#546Reynolds, NE504100$0
#547Burr, NE504100$0
#548Inavale, NE504100$0
#549Moorefield, NE504000$0
#550Stockville, NE503900$0
#551Mills, NE503900$0
#552Norman, NE503600$0
#553Beacon View, NE503600$0
#554Barada, NE503500$0
#555Belvidere, NE503500$0
#556Royal, NE503500$0
#557Martin, NE503500$0
#558Surprise, NE503500$0
#559Lebanon, NE503300$0
#560Verdel, NE503300$0
#561Brewster, NE503300$0
#562Bingham, NE503300$0
#563Thayer, NE503200$0
#564Inland, NE503100$0
#565Gilead, NE503000$0
#566Elsmere, NE502900$0
#567Nora, NE502800$0
#568Lushton, NE502800$0
#569Max, NE502700$0
#570Tarnov, NE502700$0
#571Cotesfield, NE502700$0
#572Angora, NE502500$0
#573Huntley, NE502400$0
#574Strang, NE502300$0
#575Melia, NE502200$0
#576Hendley, NE502100$0
#577Sarben, NE502100$0
#578Crab Orchard, NE502000$0
#579Emmet, NE502000$0
#580Lamar, NE502000$0
#581Stockham, NE501900$0
#582Westerville, NE501900$0
#583Wann, NE501800$0
#584Lisco, NE501800$0
#585Whiteclay, NE501700$0
#586Wood Lake, NE501600$0
#587Obert, NE501600$0
#588Hamlet, NE501600$0
#589Preston, NE501600$0
#590Nenzel, NE501400$0
#591Sholes, NE501400$0
#592Halsey, NE501300$0
#593Johnstown, NE501200$0
#594Tamora, NE501200$0
#595Ragan, NE501200$0
#596Lorenzo, NE501200$0
#597Anoka, NE501100$0
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