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%

Pebble Township$1,020/mo

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

Scribner$1,560/mo

Typical home $246K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.33% · or rent about $995/mo · Housing →

The difference: $550 a month, about $6,500 a year, between Scribner 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.

Where they are

Pebble Township and Scribner share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

Pebble TownshipScribner

Pebble Township ↔ Scribner3.5 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

9 Pebble Township residents work in Scribner (6.3% of its workers)

Work & commute in Pebble Township →

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

–Pebble TownshipNot graded B+ScribnerBetter than 73% of districts in the state

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

Pebble TownshipScribner

Snow a year34″34″

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

Outdoors & history

Pebble TownshipScribner

Trails5 mi 0 mi

Conserved land5.3%0%

Settled—1870

National Register places—2

Archive photos—6

Community

Pebble TownshipScribner

Library hours a week16 hrs 39 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.

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

Pebble TownshipScribner

People

Population 424Lowest 725Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census — -1.6% NE: +7.4%

Median age 38.8±8.5Lowest 4% above NE 48.1±6.2Highest 29% above NE

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

Kids under 18 29%±6.1Highest NE: 24.5% 21.9%±4.2Lowest NE: 24.5%

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

Age 65+ 21.7%±4.3Lowest NE: 16.7% 27.4%±3.8Highest NE: 16.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 14.7%Lowest NE: 34.6% 16.5%Highest NE: 34.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.2%±1.3Lowest NE: 6.6% 2.3%±2.9Highest NE: 6.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $80,469±$7kHighest 5% above NE $58,889±$12kLowest 23% below NE

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $168,800±$72kHighest 29% below NE $114,400±$13kLowest 52% below NE

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $964±$88Lowest 10% below NE $995±$90Highest 7% below NE

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,578Highest 56% below NE $1,520Lowest 57% below NE

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 62.1%±43.3Highest NE: 45.1% 55.6%±27.2Lowest NE: 45.1%

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

Below poverty line 8.5%Lowest NE: 10.6% 14.4%Highest NE: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 80.4%Lowest NE: 66.5% 84.4%Highest NE: 66.5%

Typical home builtmedian year 1959Highest 16 yrs older than NE 1942Lowest 33 yrs older than NE

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 19 minLowest about the NE average 20 minHighest 5% above NE

Work from home 12.1%±8.5Highest NE: 11% 3.1%±2Lowest NE: 11%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.8%Lowest 6.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 24.3 miHighest 18.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 2.25Highest 0.55Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Fremont (20%)Fremont (19%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 6% work in ScribnerFew work in Pebble Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 5.3%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 4.8 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 2.3Lowest 103Highest

Schools

School district —SCRIBNER-SNYDER COMMUNITY SCHS

High school in town —Scribner-Snyder Secondary SCH

Students per teacherat that high school — 4.8

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.

Pebble Township vs Scribner

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $550 more a month in Scribner

Pebble Township and Scribner share a border

Grades and rankings, side by side

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