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%

Bruning$1,080/mo

Typical home $179K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.93% · or rent about $860/mo · Housing →

Blakely Township$1,400/mo

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

The difference: $320 a month, about $3,800 a year, between Blakely Township and Bruning.

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.

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Nebraska ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

A−BruningBetter than 79% of districts in the state –Blakely TownshipNot graded

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

BruningBlakely Township

Snow a year23″19″

January low—14°F

July high—88°F

Growing season (days)—172d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)81st 58th

Outdoors & history

BruningBlakely Township

Trails—4 mi

Conserved land—1.5%

Settled1887 —

National Register places—2

Archive photos6 —

Community

BruningBlakely Township

Library hours a week12 hrs —

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

38 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BruningNE Blakely TownshipGage County

Bruning ↔ Blakely Township38 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

BruningBlakely Township

People

Population 259Highest 229Lowest

Median age 36.2±4.4Lowest about the NE average 42.4±12.2Highest 14% above NE

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

Kids under 18 22%±6.6Lowest NE: 24.5% 31.4%±17.8Highest NE: 24.5%

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

Age 65+ 12.7%±7.2Lowest NE: 16.7% 30.1%±21.9Highest NE: 16.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 44.5%Lowest NE: 34.6% 45.2%Highest NE: 34.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.6%±3.9Highest NE: 6.6% 0%±6.2Lowest NE: 6.6%

Bruning 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 $73,750±$16kLowest 4% below NE $94,539±$11kHighest 24% above NE

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $132,100±$18kLowest 45% below NE $215,800±$46kHighest 10% below NE

Rentmedian gross, monthly $860±$150 20% below NE —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,231Lowest 65% below NE $3,188Highest 10% below NE

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 16.7%±100Highest NE: 45.1% 0%±100Lowest NE: 45.1%

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

Below poverty line 3.9%Highest NE: 10.6% 0%Lowest NE: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 91.5%Highest NE: 66.5% 87.9%Lowest NE: 66.5%

Typical home builtmedian year 1971 4 yrs older than NE 1971 4 yrs older than NE

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 18 minLowest 7% below NE 23 minHighest 22% above NE

Work from home 2.5%±3Lowest NE: 11% 11.1%±15.2Highest NE: 11%

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

Work in townworking residents 19%Highest 3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.3 miLowest 32.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 4.65Highest 1.92Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Hebron (13%)Lincoln (31%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Blakely TownshipFew work in Bruning

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 1.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 3.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 61.0Highest 1.5Lowest

Schools

School district BRUNING-DAVENPORT UNIFIED SYS—

High school in town Bruning-Davenport High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 5.4 —

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.

Bruning vs Blakely Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $320 more a month in Blakely Township

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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