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%

Holstein$650/mo

Typical home $104K (Census) · tax rate 1.29% · or rent about $500/mo · Housing →

Melbeta$560/mo

Typical home $90K (Census) · tax rate 1.18% · or rent about $850/mo · Housing →

The difference: $90 a month, about $1,100 a year, between Holstein and Melbeta.

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

HolsteinMelbeta

Snow a year25″43″

January low15°F 15°F

July high87°F 91°F

Growing season (days)168d 149d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)76th 81st

Outdoors & history

HolsteinMelbeta

Trails—0 mi

Conserved land—0%

Settled1887 1911

Archive photos5 3

Famous people born here—1

Community

HolsteinMelbeta

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

269 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

HolsteinNE MelbetaNE

Holstein ↔ Melbeta269 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

HolsteinMelbeta

People

Population 185Highest 146Lowest

Median age 56.7±3.3Highest 52% above NE 55.8±13.9Lowest 50% above NE

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

Kids under 18 9.7%±10.2Lowest NE: 24.5% 11.6%±14Highest NE: 24.5%

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

Age 65+ 21.1%±5.7Lowest NE: 16.7% 31.5%±17.5Highest NE: 16.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 9.8%Highest NE: 34.6% 6.5%Lowest NE: 34.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.6%±5.8Lowest NE: 6.6% 2.1%±7.3Highest NE: 6.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $69,545±$12kHighest 9% below NE $47,000±$37kLowest 39% below NE

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $103,500±$14kHighest 57% below NE $90,000±$69kLowest 62% below NE

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $500±$147Lowest 53% below NE $850±$311Highest 21% below NE

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,336Highest 62% below NE $1,063Lowest 70% below NE

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 25%±100Lowest NE: 45.1% 100%±81.2Highest NE: 45.1%

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

Below poverty line 8.6%Lowest NE: 10.6% 10.3%Highest NE: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 87.5%Highest NE: 66.5% 81.3%Lowest NE: 66.5%

Typical home builtmedian year 1959Highest 16 yrs older than NE 1943Lowest 32 yrs older than NE

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 33 minHighest 69% above NE 16 minLowest 17% below NE

Work from home 0%±9.9Lowest NE: 11% 47.4%±32.8Highest NE: 11%

Work in townworking residents 1.5%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.3 miHighest 10.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.28Highest 0.13Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Hastings (40%)Scottsbluff (31%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MelbetaFew work in Holstein

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 134Lowest 176Highest

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.

Holstein vs Melbeta

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

269 miles apart

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