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%

Long Pine$910/mo

Typical home $133K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.86% · or rent about $931/mo · Housing →

Edgar$970/mo

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

The difference: $60 a month, about $800 a year, between Edgar and Long Pine.

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

Long PineEdgar

Snow a year36″23″

January low15°F —

July high88°F —

Growing season (days)158d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)25th 77th

Outdoors & history

Long PineEdgar

Trails0 mi —

Conserved land0%—

Settled1876 1873

National Register places1 —

Archive photos5 12

Famous people born here1 —

Community

Long PineEdgar

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

175 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Long PineNE EdgarNE

Long Pine ↔ Edgar175 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

Long PineEdgar

People

Population 363Lowest 501Highest

Median age 38.2±12.4Lowest about the NE average 39.6±10.5Highest 6% above NE

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

Kids under 18 20.4%±6.6Lowest NE: 24.5% 25.5%±5.3Highest NE: 24.5%

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

Age 65+ 17.1%±9.2Lowest NE: 16.7% 22%±3.3Highest NE: 16.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 29.9%Highest NE: 34.6% 24.8%Lowest NE: 34.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 9.6%±9.6Highest NE: 6.6% 2.2%±2.8Lowest NE: 6.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $45,625±$14kLowest 40% below NE $50,625±$6kHighest 34% below NE

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $59,500±$35kLowest 75% below NE $95,000±$41kHighest 60% below NE

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $931±$331Highest 13% below NE $391±$76Lowest 64% below NE

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,109Lowest 69% below NE $1,542Highest 57% below NE

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 9.1%±100Lowest NE: 45.1% 30.2%±36.7Highest NE: 45.1%

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

Below poverty line 14.3%Lowest NE: 10.6% 16.4%Highest NE: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 85.3%Highest NE: 66.5% 77%Lowest NE: 66.5%

Typical home builtmedian year 1938Lowest 37 yrs older than NE 1946Highest 29 yrs older than NE

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 11 minLowest 43% below NE 26 minHighest 36% above NE

Work from home 1.2%±1.7Lowest NE: 11% 1.9%±2.4Highest NE: 11%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.9%Highest 0.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.3 miLowest 26.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.45Highest 0.30Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Ainsworth (40%)Clay Center (20%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in EdgarFew work in Long Pine

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 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 90.3Lowest 105Highest

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

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.

Long Pine vs Edgar

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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