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%

Trumbull$1,800/mo

Typical home $284K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.29% · or rent about $1,188/mo · Housing →

Bruning$1,080/mo

Typical home $179K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.93% · or rent about $860/mo · Housing →

The difference: $720 a month, about $8,600 a year, between Trumbull and Bruning.

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.

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

–TrumbullNot graded A−BruningBetter than 79% 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

TrumbullBruning

Snow a year29″23″

January low15°F —

July high87°F —

Growing season (days)171d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)80th 81st

Outdoors & history

TrumbullBruning

Settled1886 1887

Archive photos4 6

Famous people born here1 —

Community

TrumbullBruning

Library hours a week—12 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

44 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

TrumbullNE BruningNE

Trumbull ↔ Bruning44 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

TrumbullBruning

People

Population 298Highest 259Lowest

Median age 31.5±3Lowest 15% below NE 36.2±4.4Highest about the NE average

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

Kids under 18 36.9%±4.2Highest NE: 24.5% 22%±6.6Lowest NE: 24.5%

Age 65+ 3%±9.2Lowest NE: 16.7% 12.7%±7.2Highest NE: 16.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 35.2%Lowest NE: 34.6% 44.5%Highest NE: 34.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1%±1.4Lowest NE: 6.6% 6.6%±3.9Highest NE: 6.6%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $118,083±$11kHighest 54% above NE $73,750±$16kLowest 4% below NE

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $172,900±$62kHighest 28% below NE $132,100±$18kLowest 45% below NE

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,188±$463Highest 11% above NE $860±$150Lowest 20% below NE

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,222Highest 37% below NE $1,231Lowest 65% below NE

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 60%±100Highest NE: 45.1% 16.7%±100Lowest NE: 45.1%

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

Below poverty line 5.7%Highest NE: 10.6% 3.9%Lowest NE: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 91.6%Highest NE: 66.5% 91.5%Lowest NE: 66.5%

Typical home builtmedian year 1963Lowest 12 yrs older than NE 1971Highest 4 yrs older than NE

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 28 minHighest 46% above NE 18 minLowest 7% below NE

Work from home 3.4%±3.2Highest NE: 11% 2.5%±3Lowest NE: 11%

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

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 19%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 22.3 miHighest 13.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.36Lowest 4.65Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Sutton (21%)Hebron (13%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BruningFew work in Trumbull

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 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 57.7Lowest 61.0Highest

Schools

School district —BRUNING-DAVENPORT UNIFIED SYS

High school in town —Bruning-Davenport High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 5.4

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.

Trumbull vs Bruning

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $720 more a month in Trumbull

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