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%

Stuart$1,460/mo

Typical home $231K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.29% · or rent about $695/mo · Housing →

Callaway$1,290/mo

Typical home $208K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.19% · or rent about $631/mo · Housing →

The difference: $170 a month, about $2,000 a year, between Stuart and Callaway.

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

StuartCallaway

Snow a year33″30″

January low10°F 12°F

July high86°F 86°F

Growing season (days)152d 142d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)36th 66th

Outdoors & history

StuartCallaway

Trails0 mi 0 mi

Conserved land0%0%

Settled1879 1885

National Register places—1

Archive photos6 10

Community

StuartCallaway

Library hours a week13 hrs 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

99 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

StuartNE CallawayNE

Stuart ↔ Callaway99 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

StuartCallaway

People

Population 628Highest 562Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -17.6%Lowest NE: +7.4% +4.5%Highest NE: +7.4%

Median age 38±7.4Lowest about the NE average 40.4±4Highest 9% above NE

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

Kids under 18 25.2%±4.9Highest NE: 24.5% 24.9%±4.8Lowest NE: 24.5%

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

Age 65+ 19.3%±5.6Lowest NE: 16.7% 26%±8.3Highest NE: 16.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 29%Highest NE: 34.6% 27.9%Lowest NE: 34.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.7%±2.9Lowest NE: 6.6% 5.2%±3.8Highest NE: 6.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $62,361±$17kHighest 18% below NE $51,146±$5kLowest 33% below NE

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $168,800±$55kHighest 29% below NE $149,100±$30kLowest 38% below NE

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $695±$222Highest 35% below NE $631±$148Lowest 41% below NE

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,171Highest 39% below NE $1,772Lowest 50% below NE

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 51.2%±70.6Highest NE: 45.1% 29.4%±14Lowest NE: 45.1%

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

Below poverty line 8.3%Lowest NE: 10.6% 8.7%Highest NE: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 72.8%Highest NE: 66.5% 66%Lowest NE: 66.5%

Typical home builtmedian year 1943Lowest 32 yrs older than NE 1971Highest 4 yrs older than NE

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 8 minLowest 59% below NE 12 minHighest 36% below NE

Work from home 14.7%±13.7Highest NE: 11% 0%±4Lowest NE: 11%

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

Work in townworking residents 27.3%Highest 12%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.8 miLowest 17.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.86Highest 1.12Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Atkinson (14%)Broken Bow (24%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CallawayFew work in Stuart

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 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 56.6Lowest 122Highest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Stuart vs Callaway

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $170 more a month in Stuart

What daily life feels like in each

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