A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Blakely Township$1,400/mo

Typical home $216K (Census) · tax rate 1.48% · Housing →

Marble Township$2,830/mo

Typical home $450K (Census) · tax rate 1.25% · Housing →

The difference: $1,430 a month, about $17,200 a year, between Marble Township and Blakely Township.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

Blakely TownshipMarble Township

Snow a year19″20″

January low14°F 12°F

July high88°F 87°F

Growing season (days)172d 170d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)58th 66th

Outdoors & history

Blakely TownshipMarble Township

Trails4 mi 11 mi

Conserved land1.5%0.2%

National Register places2 —

Community

Blakely TownshipMarble Township

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

65 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Blakely TownshipGage County Marble TownshipSaunders County

Blakely Township ↔ Marble Township65 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Nebraska average

Blakely TownshipMarble Township

People

Population 229Lowest 519Highest

Median age 42.4±12.2Highest 14% above NE 39.1±10.7Lowest 5% above NE

Blakely Township and Marble Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 31.4%±17.8Lowest NE: 24.5% 38.7%±34.8Highest NE: 24.5%

Marble Township and Blakely Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 30.1%±21.9Highest NE: 16.7% 6%±5Lowest NE: 16.7%

Blakely Township and Marble Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 45.2%Lowest NE: 34.6% 55.2%Highest NE: 34.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±6.2Lowest NE: 6.6% 13.9%±8.5Highest NE: 6.6%

Marble Township and Blakely Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $94,539±$11k 24% above NE —

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $215,800±$46kLowest 10% below NE $450,000±$19kHighest 89% above NE

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,188Lowest 10% below NE $5,618Highest 58% above NE

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100Lowest NE: 45.1% 64.7%±100Highest NE: 45.1%

Marble Township and Blakely Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 0%Lowest NE: 10.6% 6.6%Highest NE: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 87.9%Lowest NE: 66.5% 88.5%Highest NE: 66.5%

Typical home builtmedian year 1971Lowest 4 yrs older than NE 1992Highest 17 yrs newer than NE

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest 22% above NE 30 minHighest 57% above NE

Work from home 11.1%±15.2Lowest NE: 11% 13.8%±3.8Highest NE: 11%

Marble Township and Blakely Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 3%Highest 0.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 32.8 miHighest 16.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.92Highest 0.13Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Lincoln (31%)Omaha (33%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Marble TownshipFew work in Blakely Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.5%Highest 0.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 3.7 miLowest 10.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.5Highest 1.4Lowest

Nebraska average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

Blakely Township neighborsTown Square →

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Bordering Blakely Township

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Lincoln Township142 people · $347K homes

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Midland Township484 people · $257K homes

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Grant Township186 people · $188K homes

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Hooker Township159 people · $191K homes

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Bruning259 people · $132K homes

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Sutton Township129 people · $260K homes

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Sherman Township345 people · $283K homes

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Blakely Township vs Marble Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,430 more a month in Marble Township

What daily life feels like in each

65 miles apart

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