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A town of 604. A typical home worth about $473K.

Population
604
+10% since 2010
Typical home
$473K
+7% in a year
Household income
$81K
median
Median age
32.9
years
Jobs based here
72
A commuter town

What makes Firth stand out

The thing Firth does most differently from other towns.

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Small town

604 people, and everyone knows the way

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Housing

A typical Firth home is worth about $473K

The typical Firth home is worth about $473,000, up 7% in a year, 69% above the Nebraska typical home.

$473KZillow home value

Typical home value

Firth$473K
Nebraska$281K
+7%
value change, 1 year
1
homes sold in May
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data CenterHousing market →
Work & commute

Most working residents commute out of Firth

Most working residents leave Firth for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (65%), Omaha (8%) and Palmyra (2%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

1%work in town

Where working residents work

In Firth1%
Lincoln65%
Omaha8%
Palmyra2%
Grand Island1%
19 mi
median commute distance
72
jobs based in Firth
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
Census LEHD 2023 · ACSCommute map →
Climate

Four seasons, pleasant summers

Firth has cold winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 87°, a January night drops to 15°, and about 29 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

29″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter18–38°
Spring40–63°
Summer63–85°
Fall42–65°
Oct 12
typical first frost
Apr 23
typical last frost
+0.9°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Health

How healthy Firth is

Firth beats the Nebraska average on 18 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0.

32 measures vs. Nebraska
18 better14 too close to call0 worse
What stands outFirthNE
Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth4.5%12.4%
Fewer adults facing food insecurity7.8%12.3%
Beatrice Community Hospital & Health Center
17.1 mi away · emergency room
1 of 3
care shortages: mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
Natural hazards

Moderate risk, with tornadoes at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 51% of U.S. communities.

51risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
51Moderate riskLowerHigher
TornadoesInland floodingHail
1
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Outdoors

0% of Firth is conserved land

0.0 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves.

0%conserved
0%
conserved · 0 of 215 acres
0.0 mi
of trails · 0 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Firth City Park—4
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-USParks & trails →
A commuter town

99% of working residents leave Firth for work

Where Firth’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

65% → Lincoln Lincoln 65% 8% → Omaha Omaha 8% 2% → Palmyra Palmyra 2% 1% → Grand Island Grand Island 1% 1% → Panama Panama 1% 1% → Adams Adams 1% Firth · 1% stay
72jobs based in Firth
1%of working residents work in town
19 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

Firth, Nebraska 3rd Street 1
2012 · Firth, Nebraska 3rd Street 1 · Wikimedia Commons
Firth’s story

Firth in pictures

5 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives.

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About Firth

Village in Nebraska, United States

Official town website ↗

Firth is a village in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Lincoln, Nebraska Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 649 at the 2020 census.

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

Population
649
Area
0.3 sq mi
Elevation
1,325 ft
ZIP code
68358

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