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%

Brule$2,030/mo

Typical home $326K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.19% · or rent about $658/mo · Housing →

Edgar$970/mo

Typical home $147K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.62% · or rent about $391/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,060 a month, about $12,700 a year, between Brule and Edgar.

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

BruleEdgar

Snow a year25″23″

January low15°F —

July high90°F —

Growing season (days)163d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)48th 77th

Outdoors & history

BruleEdgar

Settled1886 1873

National Register places1 —

Archive photos3 12

Community

BruleEdgar

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

211 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BruleNE EdgarNE

Brule ↔ Edgar211 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

BruleEdgar

People

Population 346Lowest 501Highest

Median age 40.3±21.1Highest 8% above NE 39.6±10.5Lowest 6% above NE

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

Kids under 18 23.7%±9.6Lowest NE: 24.5% 25.5%±5.3Highest NE: 24.5%

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

Age 65+ 23.1%±2.9Highest NE: 16.7% 22%±3.3Lowest NE: 16.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 19.6%Lowest NE: 34.6% 24.8%Highest NE: 34.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.3%±2.5Highest NE: 6.6% 2.2%±2.8Lowest NE: 6.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $46,750±$7kLowest 39% below NE $50,625±$6kHighest 34% below NE

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $131,300±$33kHighest 45% below NE $95,000±$41kLowest 60% below NE

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $658±$54Highest 39% below NE $391±$76Lowest 64% below NE

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,558Highest 56% below NE $1,542Lowest 57% below NE

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 15.4%±100Lowest NE: 45.1% 30.2%±36.7Highest NE: 45.1%

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

Below poverty line 11.8%Lowest NE: 10.6% 16.4%Highest NE: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 78.5%Highest NE: 66.5% 77%Lowest NE: 66.5%

Typical home builtmedian year 1958Highest 17 yrs older than NE 1946Lowest 29 yrs older than NE

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 12 minLowest 36% below NE 26 minHighest 36% above NE

Work from home 2.3%±2Highest NE: 11% 1.9%±2.4Lowest NE: 11%

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

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 0.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.3 miLowest 26.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.30 0.30

Top workplaceoutside town Ogallala (37%)Clay Center (20%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in EdgarFew work in Brule

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 214Highest 105Lowest

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

Deciding?

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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.

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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.

Brule vs Edgar

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $1,060 more a month in Brule

What daily life feels like in each

211 miles apart

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