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%

Walker Township$1,630/mo

Typical home $265K (Census) · tax rate 1.07% · or rent about $675/mo · Housing →

Sutton Township$1,580/mo

Typical home $260K (Census) · tax rate 1.02% · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

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

Walker TownshipSutton Township

Snow a year29″23″

January low13°F —

July high85°F —

Growing season (days)157d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)76th 80th

Outdoors & history

Walker TownshipSutton Township

Trails—0 mi

Conserved land—1.8%

Settled1871 —

Archive photos—12

Community

Walker TownshipSutton 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

77 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Walker TownshipPlatte County Sutton TownshipClay County

Walker Township ↔ Sutton Township77 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

Walker TownshipSutton Township

People

Population 169Highest 129Lowest

Median age 33.9±33.6Lowest 9% below NE 36.2±18.4Highest about the NE average

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

Kids under 18 24.3%±21.8Lowest NE: 24.5% 31.8%±15.1Highest NE: 24.5%

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

Age 65+ 24.9%±18.3Highest NE: 16.7% 21.7%±17.7Lowest NE: 16.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 43.8%Highest NE: 34.6% 43.2%Lowest NE: 34.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±8.4 NE: 6.6% 0%±11 NE: 6.6%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $97,500±$16kLowest 27% above NE $123,750±$24kHighest 62% above NE

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $265,000±$84kHighest 11% above NE $260,000±$197kLowest 9% above NE

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $675±$44 37% below NE —

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,844Highest 20% below NE $2,640Lowest 26% below NE

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100 NE: 45.1% —

Below poverty line 2.4%Highest NE: 10.6% 2.3%Lowest NE: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 77.9%Lowest NE: 66.5% 90.5%Highest NE: 66.5%

Typical home builtmedian year 1947Highest 28 yrs older than NE 1938Lowest 37 yrs older than NE

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minLowest 10% above NE 32 minHighest 68% above NE

Work from home 6.5%±5.6Highest NE: 11% 0%±18.2Lowest NE: 11%

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

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 28.8 miHighest 24.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.11Lowest 0.40Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Columbus (16%)Sutton (25%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Sutton TownshipFew work in Walker Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 1.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.4 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.2Lowest 1.7Highest

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.

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St. Bernard Township632 people · $301K homes

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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.

Walker Township vs Sutton Township

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

77 miles apart

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