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A town of 769. A typical home worth about $148K.

Population
769
−14.2% since 2010
Typical home
$148K
+4.1% in a year
Household income
$59K
median
Median age
30.7
years
Jobs based here
378
Balanced

What makes Curtis stand out

The 2 things Curtis does most differently from other towns.

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Small town

769 people, and everyone knows the way

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Housing

A typical Curtis home is worth about $148K

The typical Curtis home is worth about $148,000, up 4.1% in a year, 47% below the Nebraska typical home.

$148KZillow home value

Typical home value

Curtis$148K
Nebraska$281K
+4.1%
value change, 1 year
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data CenterHousing market →
Climate

Four seasons, hot summers

Curtis has cold winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 89°, a January night drops to 14°, and about 28 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

28″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter15–42°
Spring35–64°
Summer59–87°
Fall36–66°
Oct 9
typical first frost
May 1
typical last frost
+1.1°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Natural hazards

High risk, with hail at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 66% of U.S. communities.

66risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
66High riskLowerHigher
HailStrong windInland flooding
4
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Work & commute

About one in six working residents works right in Curtis

Most working residents leave Curtis for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Eustis (8%), McCook (7%) and North Platte (6%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

18%work in town

Where working residents work

In Curtis18%
Eustis8%
McCook7%
North Platte6%
Cozad5%
32 mi
median commute distance
378
jobs based in Curtis
Balanced
jobs vs. working residents
Census LEHD 2023 · ACSCommute map →
Health

How healthy Curtis is

Curtis beats the Nebraska average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.

32 measures vs. Nebraska
3 better28 too close to call1 worse
What stands outCurtisNE
Fewer adults with diabetes8.9%10.7%
Fewer adults with high blood pressure28.8%32.6%
Fewer adults getting cholesterol checked79.4%83.7%
Tri Valley Health System
24.3 mi away · emergency room
2 of 3
care shortages: primary care, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
Schools

Curtis’s public schools outperform 59% of Nebraska districts

The public schools Curtis’s kids attend outperform 59% of Nebraska’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

BSchool Grade
SchoolGradesStudentsGrade
Medicine Valley ElementaryPK–597B
Medicine Valley Middle School6–846Not graded
Medicine Valley High School9–1257B−
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NE on state testsAll 3 schools →
Outdoors

0% of Curtis is conserved land

1.5 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves.

0%conserved
0%
conserved · 0 of 763 acres
1.5 mi
of trails · 1.3 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Curtis City Park—2
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-USParks & trails →
College town

26% of Curtis is in college

College Scorecard · IPEDS

About Curtis

City in Frontier County, Nebraska, United States

Official town website ↗

Curtis is a city in Frontier County, Nebraska, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 806. It is home to the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Population
806
Area
1.2 sq mi
Elevation
2,572 ft
ZIP code
69025
Area code
402

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