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%

Marble Township$2,830/mo

Typical home $450K (Census) · tax rate 1.25% · Housing →

Blakely Township$1,400/mo

Typical home $216K (Census) · tax rate 1.48% · Housing →

The difference: $1,430 a month, about $17,200 a year, between Marble Township and Blakely 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.

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

Marble TownshipBlakely Township

Snow a year20″19″

January low12°F 14°F

July high87°F 88°F

Growing season (days)170d 172d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)66th 58th

Outdoors & history

Marble TownshipBlakely Township

Trails11 mi 4 mi

Conserved land0.2%1.5%

National Register places—2

Community

Marble TownshipBlakely Township

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

65 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Marble TownshipSaunders County Blakely TownshipGage County

Marble Township ↔ Blakely Township65 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

Marble TownshipBlakely Township

People

Population 519Highest 229Lowest

Median age 39.1±10.7Lowest 5% above NE 42.4±12.2Highest 14% above NE

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

Kids under 18 38.7%±34.8Highest NE: 24.5% 31.4%±17.8Lowest NE: 24.5%

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

Age 65+ 6%±5Lowest NE: 16.7% 30.1%±21.9Highest NE: 16.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 55.2%Highest NE: 34.6% 45.2%Lowest NE: 34.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 13.9%±8.5Highest NE: 6.6% 0%±6.2Lowest NE: 6.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian — $94,539±$11k 24% above NE

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $450,000±$19kHighest 89% above NE $215,800±$46kLowest 10% below NE

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,618Highest 58% above NE $3,188Lowest 10% below NE

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 64.7%±100Highest NE: 45.1% 0%±100Lowest NE: 45.1%

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

Below poverty line 6.6%Highest NE: 10.6% 0%Lowest NE: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 88.5%Highest NE: 66.5% 87.9%Lowest NE: 66.5%

Typical home builtmedian year 1992Highest 17 yrs newer than NE 1971Lowest 4 yrs older than NE

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 30 minHighest 57% above NE 23 minLowest 22% above NE

Work from home 13.8%±3.8Highest NE: 11% 11.1%±15.2Lowest NE: 11%

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

Work in townworking residents 0.5%Lowest 3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.3 miLowest 32.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.13Lowest 1.92Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Omaha (33%)Lincoln (31%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Blakely TownshipFew work in Marble Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.2%Lowest 1.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 10.9 miHighest 3.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.4Lowest 1.5Highest

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.

Marble Township neighborsTown Square →

Your question goes to Marble Township’s Town Square.

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Bordering Marble Township

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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.

Marble Township vs Blakely Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,430 more a month in Marble Township

What daily life feels like in each

65 miles apart

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