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%

Edgar$970/mo

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

Bancroft$1,060/mo

Typical home $168K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.27% · or rent about $826/mo · Housing →

The difference: $90 a month, about $1,100 a year, between Bancroft 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

EdgarBancroft

Snow a year23″28″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)77th 79th

Outdoors & history

EdgarBancroft

Trails—0 mi

Conserved land—0%

Settled1873 —

National Register places—1

Archive photos12 18

Community

EdgarBancroft

Library hours a week—21 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

135 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

EdgarNE BancroftNE

Edgar ↔ Bancroft135 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

EdgarBancroft

People

Population 501Lowest 593Highest

Median age 39.6±10.5Highest 6% above NE 37.8±6.6Lowest about the NE average

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

Kids under 18 25.5%±5.3Lowest NE: 24.5% 27.8%±5.1Highest NE: 24.5%

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

Age 65+ 22%±3.3Lowest NE: 16.7% 24.8%±7.9Highest NE: 16.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 24.8%Lowest NE: 34.6% 25.1%Highest NE: 34.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $50,625±$6kLowest 34% below NE $50,833±$16kHighest 34% below NE

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $95,000±$41kLowest 60% below NE $122,500±$32kHighest 49% below NE

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $391±$76Lowest 64% below NE $826±$52Highest 23% below NE

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,542Lowest 57% below NE $1,553Highest 56% below NE

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 30.2%±36.7Highest NE: 45.1% 2.7%±23.4Lowest NE: 45.1%

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

Below poverty line 16.4%Highest NE: 10.6% 5.1%Lowest NE: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 77%Highest NE: 66.5% 70.6%Lowest NE: 66.5%

Typical home builtmedian year 1946Lowest 29 yrs older than NE 1967Highest 8 yrs older than NE

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minHighest 36% above NE 23 minLowest 21% above NE

Work from home 1.9%±2.4Lowest NE: 11% 2.6%±2.1Highest NE: 11%

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

Work in townworking residents 0.5%Lowest 9.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 26.3 miHighest 14.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.30Lowest 0.58Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Clay Center (20%)West Point (9%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BancroftFew work in Edgar

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 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 105Lowest 127Highest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Edgar vs Bancroft

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

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