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%

Melbeta$560/mo

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

Holstein$650/mo

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

MelbetaHolstein

Snow a year43″25″

January low15°F 15°F

July high91°F 87°F

Growing season (days)149d 168d

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

Outdoors & history

MelbetaHolstein

Trails0 mi —

Conserved land0%—

Settled1911 1887

Archive photos3 5

Famous people born here1 —

Community

MelbetaHolstein

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.

MelbetaNE HolsteinNE

Melbeta ↔ Holstein269 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

MelbetaHolstein

People

Population 146Lowest 185Highest

Median age 55.8±13.9Lowest 50% above NE 56.7±3.3Highest 52% 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 11.6%±14Highest NE: 24.5% 9.7%±10.2Lowest 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+ 31.5%±17.5Highest NE: 16.7% 21.1%±5.7Lowest 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+ 6.5%Lowest NE: 34.6% 9.8%Highest NE: 34.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.1%±7.3Highest NE: 6.6% 1.6%±5.8Lowest 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 $47,000±$37kLowest 39% below NE $69,545±$12kHighest 9% 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 $90,000±$69kLowest 62% below NE $103,500±$14kHighest 57% 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 $850±$311Highest 21% below NE $500±$147Lowest 53% 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 $1,063Lowest 70% below NE $1,336Highest 62% below NE

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 100%±81.2Highest NE: 45.1% 25%±100Lowest 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 10.3%Highest NE: 10.6% 8.6%Lowest NE: 10.6%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

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

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 1.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 10.8 miLowest 16.3 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in HolsteinFew work in Melbeta

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 176Highest 134Lowest

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.

Melbeta vs Holstein

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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