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%

Callaway$1,290/mo

Typical home $208K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.19% · or rent about $631/mo · Housing →

Stuart$1,460/mo

Typical home $231K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.29% · or rent about $695/mo · Housing →

The difference: $170 a month, about $2,000 a year, between Stuart and Callaway.

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

CallawayStuart

Snow a year30″33″

January low12°F 10°F

July high86°F 86°F

Growing season (days)142d 152d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)66th 36th

Outdoors & history

CallawayStuart

Trails0 mi 0 mi

Conserved land0%0%

Settled1885 —

National Register places1 —

Archive photos10 6

Community

CallawayStuart

Library hours a week16 hrs 13 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

99 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CallawayNE StuartNE

Callaway ↔ Stuart99 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

CallawayStuart

People

Population 562Lowest 628Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +4.5%Highest NE: +7.4% -17.6%Lowest NE: +7.4%

Median age 40.4±4Highest 9% above NE 38±7.4Lowest about the NE average

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

Kids under 18 24.9%±4.8Lowest NE: 24.5% 25.2%±4.9Highest NE: 24.5%

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

Age 65+ 26%±8.3Highest NE: 16.7% 19.3%±5.6Lowest NE: 16.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 27.9%Lowest NE: 34.6% 29%Highest NE: 34.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.2%±3.8Highest NE: 6.6% 3.7%±2.9Lowest NE: 6.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $51,146±$5kLowest 33% below NE $62,361±$17kHighest 18% below NE

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $149,100±$30kLowest 38% below NE $168,800±$55kHighest 29% below NE

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $631±$148Lowest 41% below NE $695±$222Highest 35% below NE

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,772Lowest 50% below NE $2,171Highest 39% below NE

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 29.4%±14Lowest NE: 45.1% 51.2%±70.6Highest NE: 45.1%

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

Below poverty line 8.7%Highest NE: 10.6% 8.3%Lowest NE: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 66%Lowest NE: 66.5% 72.8%Highest NE: 66.5%

Typical home builtmedian year 1971Highest 4 yrs older than NE 1943Lowest 32 yrs older than NE

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 12 minHighest 36% below NE 8 minLowest 59% below NE

Work from home 0%±4Lowest NE: 11% 14.7%±13.7Highest NE: 11%

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

Work in townworking residents 12%Lowest 27.3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.3 miHighest 11.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.12Lowest 1.86Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Broken Bow (24%)Atkinson (14%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in StuartFew work in Callaway

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 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 122Highest 56.6Lowest

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.

Callaway vs Stuart

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $170 more a month in Stuart

What daily life feels like in each

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