The Box Butte County Courthouse, which is located on Box Butte Ave. between E. 5th and 6th Sts. in Alliance, Nebraska, is a historic building that was built in 1913. It was designed by Rose & Peterson in Beaux Arts architectural style.

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About Alliance

City in Nebraska, United States

8,151Population

5 sq miArea

3,967 ftElevation

Alliance is a city in and the county seat of Box Butte County, in the western part of the state of Nebraska, in the Great Plains region of the United States. Its population was 8,151 at the 2020 census. Alliance is home to Carhenge, a replica of Stonehenge constructed with automobiles, which is located north of the city. It is also the location of Alliance Municipal Airport, which in 2021 was the least-used airport in the mainland United States.

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How Alliance ranks

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#5Shortest commute in NE #5Cheapest rent in NE #8Closest to a top hospital in NE All NE rankings →

Town numbers

ZIP code69301

Area code308

Living in Alliance

Housing in Alliance

$182K▲ 3.8% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Alliance home is worth about $182,000, up 3.8% in a year, 35% below the Nebraska typical home.

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Safety in Alliance

B⁻

Safety Grade B-

Alliance reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 52% report less.

Violent crime per 1,000

Alliance 2.1

Nebraska 2.2

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Alliance 8.9

Nebraska 14

U.S. 15.5

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Work & commute in Alliance

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42% of Alliance’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Scottsbluff (5%), Omaha (3%) and O'Neill (3%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

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42%Work in townlive and work in Alliance 2 miWhere do people commute?the commute map 2,011Jobs based herea commuter town

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Health in Alliance

B⁻

Health Grade B−

Healthier than 45% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates, and 63% of towns with similar incomes.

Compared with Nebraska

8worse than NE

of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 24 are too close to call.

Conditions 4▼ 8 close Habits 1▼ 3 close Care 1▼ 6 close Mind 2▼ 3 close Everyday needs all close

BetterToo close to callWorse

What stands out

30.5%More adults who get no exerciseNE 24.3% · worse 7.6%More adults with COPDNE 6.1% · worse 19.4%More adults in fair or poor healthNE 16.1% · worse

Care nearby

Box Butte General HospitalAlliance · 1.1 mi · ER · rural critical access

Capwn Health CenterGering · 44.1 mi · sliding-scale fees

Primary careShortage · county-wide

DentalShortage · county-wide

Mental healthShortage · county-wide

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Natural hazards in Alliance

Very low

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 15% of U.S. communities.

🧊 Hail🌊 Inland flooding🥶 Cold waves

0Does Alliance flood?no paid flood claims on record 2Disasters that paid out herefederal disasters sent FEMA money to Alliance

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Climate in Alliance

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Alliance has cold, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 88°, a January night drops to 13°, and about 45 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

39° / 14°Winter

59° / 32°Spring

85° / 55°Summer

63° / 33°Fall

How much snow does Alliance get?About 45 inches a winter.Rain & snow →When is the first frost?Around Oct 3, with the last in spring around May 11.Frost dates →Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.0° vs. the 20th century.Then & now →

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Schools in Alliance

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School Grade D

The public schools Alliance’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 87% of Nebraska’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

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DistrictALLIANCE PUBLIC SCHOOLSSchools8

Grandview Elementary School C-Elementary · Grades 3–5 · 283 students Emerson Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–2 · 237 students St. Agnes AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 151 students Alliance Middle School DMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 261 students Alliance High School CHigh · Grades 9–12 · 451 students Alliance Early Child Ed ProgPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 78 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within NE. Ratings are from neighbors.