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%

Jackson$2,010/mo

Typical home $325K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.14% · or rent about $629/mo · Housing →

Pebble Township$1,020/mo

Typical home $169K (Census) · tax rate 0.93% · or rent about $964/mo · Housing →

The difference: $990 a month, about $11,900 a year, between Jackson and Pebble Township.

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−JacksonBetter than 83% of districts in the state –Pebble 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

JacksonPebble Township

Snow a year36″34″

January low10°F —

July high85°F —

Growing season (days)159d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)81st 80th

Outdoors & history

JacksonPebble Township

Trails—5 mi

Conserved land—5.3%

Archive photos3 —

Community

JacksonPebble Township

Library hours a week—16 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

53 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

JacksonNE Pebble TownshipDodge County

Jackson ↔ Pebble Township53 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

JacksonPebble Township

People

Population 273Lowest 424Highest

Median age 39.6±35Highest 6% above NE 38.8±8.5Lowest 4% above NE

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

Kids under 18 39.6%±7.8Highest NE: 24.5% 29%±6.1Lowest NE: 24.5%

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

Age 65+ 13.9%±3.5Lowest NE: 16.7% 21.7%±4.3Highest NE: 16.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 14%Lowest NE: 34.6% 14.7%Highest NE: 34.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.1%±3.9Lowest NE: 6.6% 1.2%±1.3Highest NE: 6.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $51,250±$39kLowest 33% below NE $80,469±$7kHighest 5% above NE

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $196,900±$40kHighest 17% below NE $168,800±$72kLowest 29% below NE

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $629±$62Lowest 41% below NE $964±$88Highest 10% below NE

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,238Highest 37% below NE $1,578Lowest 56% below NE

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100Lowest NE: 45.1% 62.1%±43.3Highest NE: 45.1%

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

Below poverty line 5.1%Lowest NE: 10.6% 8.5%Highest NE: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 82.8%Highest NE: 66.5% 80.4%Lowest NE: 66.5%

Typical home builtmedian year 1975Highest same as NE 1959Lowest 16 yrs older than NE

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 18 minLowest 6% below NE 19 minHighest about the NE average

Work from home 7.6%±8.1Lowest NE: 11% 12.1%±8.5Highest NE: 11%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.7%Lowest 2.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.8 miLowest 24.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.73Lowest 2.25Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Sioux City (33%)Fremont (20%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Pebble TownshipFew work in Jackson

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 5.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 4.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 46.5Highest 2.3Lowest

Schools

School district PONCA PUBLIC SCHOOLS—

High school in town None in town—

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

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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.

Jackson vs Pebble Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $990 more a month in Jackson

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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