Best counties to raise a family in Nebraska

- Population: 31,284
- Median home value: $143,200 (68% own)
- Median rent: $751 (32% own)
- Median household income: $57,783
- Top public schools: Adams Central Elementary School (grade A minus), Adams Central Junior/Senior High School (grade B+), Kenesaw High School (grade B minus)
- Top private schools: St. Cecilia High School (grade B+), St. Michael's School (grade unavailable), Zion Lutheran School (grade unavailable)
- Top places to live: Hastings (grade B), West Blue Township (grade B+), Denver Township (grade B)

- Population: 5,877
- Median home value: $148,700 (80% own)
- Median rent: $700 (20% own)
- Median household income: $70,583
- Top public schools: Woodland Park Elementary School (grade B), Stanton Elementary School (grade B minus), Stanton High School (grade C+)
- Top private schools: Stanton (grade B), Pilger (grade B minus)
- Top places to live: grade B

- Population: 6,705
- Median home value: $113,400 (79% own)
- Median rent: $621 (21% own)
- Median household income: $55,769
- Top public schools: Oakland Craig Senior High School (grade B+), Oakland Craig Elementary School (grade B), Northeast Elementary at Lyons (grade B)
- Top private schools: Oakland (grade A minus), Craig Township (grade B+), Tekamah (grade B)
- Top places to live: grade B

- Population: 21,284
- Median home value: $138,200 (65% own)
- Median rent: $898 (35% own)
- Median household income: $63,053
- Top public schools: Homer Elementary School (grade B), Cardinal Elementary School (grade B), Dakota City Elementary School (grade B minus)
- Top private schools: St. Michael School (grade unavailable)
- Top places to live: South Sioux City (grade B minus), Dakota City (grade B minus), Homer (grade C+)

- Population: 5,223
- Median home value: $124,400 (85% own)
- Median rent: $621 (15% own)
- Median household income: $66,486
- Top public schools: Osceola Elementary School (grade A minus), Cross County Elementary School (grade A minus), Shelby-Rising City Middle School (grade B)
- Top private schools: Stromsburg (grade B+), Osceola (grade B), Shelby (grade B)
- Top places to live: grade B+

- Population: 36,229
- Median home value: $138,000 (69% own)
- Median rent: $810 (31% own)
- Median household income: $56,588
- Top public schools: Mitchell Elementary School (grade A minus), Mitchell Secondary School (grade B), Gering High School (grade B)
- Top private schools: Community Christian Elementary/Middle School (grade unavailable), St. Agnes Catholic School (grade unavailable), Helping Hands Preschool (grade unavailable)
- Top places to live: Gering (grade B+), Scottsbluff (grade B), Mitchell (grade B+)

- Population: 37,249
- Median home value: $146,900 (64% own)
- Median rent: $801 (36% own)
- Median household income: $60,962
- Top public schools: Howells-Dodge Consolidated Public School (grade A minus), North Bend Central Junior/Senior High School (grade B+), North Bend Central Elementary School (grade B+)
- Top private schools: Archbishop Bergan Catholic School (grade B), Trinity Lutheran Elementary School (grade unavailable)
- Top places to live: Fremont (grade B minus), North Bend (grade B+), Scribner (grade B+)

- Population: 9,590
- Median home value: $149,300 (73% own)
- Median rent: $739 (27% own)
- Median household income: $60,971
- Top public schools: Wayne High School (grade B+), Wayne Elementary School (grade B), Wayne Junior High School (grade B minus)
- Top private schools: St. Mary Elementary School (grade unavailable), Trinity Lutheran School (grade unavailable)
- Top places to live: Wayne (grade A minus), Hoskins (grade B), Winside (grade B minus)

- Population: 10,175
- Median home value: $134,500 (72% own)
- Median rent: $718 (28% own)
- Median household income: $60,592
- Top public schools: Atkinson Elementary School (grade A minus), West Holt High School (grade B+), Stuart Elementary School (grade B+)
- Top private schools: St. Mary's Catholic Schools (grade B minus), St. Joseph Elementary School (grade unavailable), Word of Life Christian School (grade unavailable)
- Top places to live: O'Neill (grade B), Inman Township (grade A minus), Atkinson Township (grade A minus)

- Population: 14,395
- Median home value: $116,600 (72% own)
- Median rent: $726 (28% own)
- Median household income: $58,011
- Top public schools: Crete Elementary School (grade A), Crete Middle School (grade B), Crete High School (grade B)
- Top private schools: St. James Elementary School (grade unavailable)
- Top places to live: Crete (grade B), Wilber (grade B+), De Witt (grade B)

- Population: 14,164
- Median home value: $141,600 (75% own)
- Median rent: $804 (25% own)
- Median household income: $66,337
- Top public schools: Heartland Community Elementary School (grade B+), York High School (grade B+), York Middle School (grade B+)
- Top private schools: Nebraska Evangelical Lutheran High School (grade A), Emmanuel-Faith Lutheran School (grade unavailable), St. Joseph Catholic School (grade unavailable)
- Top places to live: York (grade B), Bradshaw (grade A minus), Henderson (grade B+)

- Population: 5,632
- Median home value: $98,800 (77% own)
- Median rent: $630 (23% own)
- Median household income: $58,849
- Top public schools: Ponca Elementary School (grade A minus), Ponca High School (grade B+), Wakefield High School (grade B)
- Top private schools: Newcastle Township (grade A minus), Newcastle (grade B+), Ponca (grade B+)
- Top places to live: grade B

- Population: 5,561
- Median home value: $101,800 (80% own)
- Median rent: $592 (20% own)
- Median household income: $66,410
- Top public schools: Fillmore Central Elementary School (grade B+), Fillmore Central High School (grade B+), Shickley Elementary School (grade B)
- Top private schools: Grace Lutheran School (grade unavailable)
- Top places to live: Geneva Township (grade A), Geneva (grade A minus), Shickley (grade B+)

- Population: 7,266
- Median home value: $151,000 (77% own)
- Median rent: $698 (23% own)
- Median household income: $62,299
- Top public schools: Osmond Elementary School (grade A minus), Pierce Junior/Senior High School (grade B+), Osmond High School (grade B)
- Top private schools: Zion Lutheran School (grade unavailable), St. Mary's School (grade unavailable), Zion Lutheran School (grade unavailable)
- Top places to live: Pierce (grade B), Plainview (grade B), Osmond (grade B)

- Population: 9,035
- Median home value: $134,200 (69% own)
- Median rent: $739 (31% own)
- Median household income: $63,125
- Top public schools: Wisner-Pilger Elementary School (grade A minus), West Point Elementary School (grade B+), Bancroft-Rosalie Junior/Senior High School (grade B)
- Top private schools: Guardian Angels Central Catholic High School (grade B+), Guardian Angels Elementary School (grade unavailable), St. Paul Lutheran School (grade unavailable)
- Top places to live: West Point (grade B+), Cleveland Township (grade B+), Sherman Township (grade B+)

- Population: 9,376
- Median home value: $178,100 (79% own)
- Median rent: $766 (21% own)
- Median household income: $71,211
- Top public schools: Aurora Elementary School (grade B+), Hampton Elementary School (grade B+), Aurora Middle School (grade B+)
- Top private schools: Hampton Lutheran School (grade unavailable), Immanuel Lutheran School (grade unavailable)
- Top places to live: Aurora (grade B+), Overland (grade A minus), Giltner (grade B+)

- Population: 15,916
- Median home value: $151,300 (75% own)
- Median rent: $816 (25% own)
- Median household income: $70,072
- Top public schools: Middle School at Syracuse (grade A minus), Elementary School at Syracuse (grade A minus), High School at Syracuse (grade B+)
- Top private schools: Lourdes Central Catholic School (grade B+)
- Top places to live: Nebraska City (grade B), Syracuse (grade B+), Unadilla (grade B+)

- Population: 6,639
- Median home value: $180,300 (76% own)
- Median rent: $753 (24% own)
- Median household income: $68,606
- Top public schools: Minden High School (grade B), Axtell High School (grade B), Minden East Elementary School (grade B)
- Top private schools: Minden (grade B), May Township (grade A), Oneida Township (grade B)
- Top places to live: grade B

- Population: 26,546
- Median home value: $206,900 (83% own)
- Median rent: $877 (17% own)
- Median household income: $78,251
- Top public schools: Elmwood-Murdock Elementary School (grade A minus), Elmwood-Murdock Junior/Senior High School (grade B+), Louisville Elementary School (grade B)
- Top private schools: First Baptist School (grade B), St. John the Baptist School (grade unavailable), First Baptist School (grade unavailable)
- Top places to live: Plattsmouth (grade B minus), Louisville (grade A minus), Elmwood (grade B+)

- Population: 49,840
- Median home value: $191,200 (66% own)
- Median rent: $842 (34% own)
- Median household income: $65,810
- Top public schools: Meadowlark Elementary School (grade A minus), Park Elementary School (grade A minus), Buffalo Hills Elementary School (grade A minus)
- Top private schools: Kearney Catholic High School (grade B+), Zion Lutheran School (grade unavailable), Faith Christian School of Kearney (grade unavailable)
- Top places to live: Kearney (grade A), Riverdale (grade B), Amherst (grade B)

- Population: 62,616
- Median home value: $163,400 (63% own)
- Median rent: $806 (37% own)
- Median household income: $60,720
- Top public schools: Stolley Park Elementary School (grade B+), Wood River Rural High School (grade B+), Doniphan-Trumbull Elementary School (grade B+)
- Top private schools: Grand Island Central Catholic School (grade A minus), Heartland Lutheran High School (grade B), Trinity Lutheran School (grade unavailable)
- Top places to live: Grand Island (grade B), Center Township (grade A+), Wood River Township (grade B+)

- Population: 22,008
- Median home value: $183,800 (80% own)
- Median rent: $818 (20% own)
- Median household income: $76,485
- Top public schools: Wahoo Middle School (grade A minus), Ashland-Greenwood Middle School (grade A minus), Yutan Elementary School (grade B)
- Top private schools: Bishop Neumann Jr/Sr Catholic High School (grade B), St. Wenceslaus School (grade unavailable), St. John Nepomucene School (grade unavailable)
- Top places to live: Ashland (grade A minus), Wahoo (grade A minus), Ashland Township (grade A minus)

- Population: 5,505
- Median home value: $123,600 (60% own)
- Median rent: $718 (40% own)
- Median household income: $57,719
- Top public schools: Valentine Middle School (grade A minus), Valentine Elementary School (grade A minus), Cody-Kilgore Middle School (grade B+)
- Top private schools: Zion Lutheran School (grade unavailable)
- Top places to live: Valentine (grade B+), Cody (grade B+), Merriman (grade B minus)

- Population: 7,025
- Median home value: $100,300 (74% own)
- Median rent: $588 (26% own)
- Median household income: $53,081
- Top public schools: Elementary School at Johnson (grade A minus), High School at Johnson (grade B+), Calvert Elementary School (grade B+)
- Top private schools: Auburn (grade B+), Peru (grade A minus), Johnson (grade B)
- Top places to live: grade A minus

- Population: 20,699
- Median home value: $226,700 (79% own)
- Median rent: $838 (21% own)
- Median household income: $83,491
- Top public schools: Blair North Elementary School (grade A), Deerfield Elementary School (grade A), Blair South Elementary School (grade A)
- Top private schools: St. Paul Lutheran School (grade unavailable)
- Top places to live: Blair (grade B+), Washington Township (grade A minus), Arlington Township (grade B+)

- Population: 8,383
- Median home value: $131,800 (64% own)
- Median rent: $763 (36% own)
- Median household income: $51,925
- Top public schools: Chadron Middle School (grade A minus), Chadron Senior High School (grade B+), Chadron Intermediate School (grade B)
- Top private schools: Chadron (grade A), Crawford (grade B minus)
- Top places to live: grade A

- Population: 17,605
- Median home value: $176,400 (73% own)
- Median rent: $811 (27% own)
- Median household income: $73,892
- Top public schools: Seward Middle School (grade A), Seward Elementary School (grade A minus), Milford Elementary School (grade A minus)
- Top private schools: St. John Lutheran School (grade unavailable), St. Paul Lutheran School (grade unavailable), St. Vincent de Paul School (grade unavailable)
- Top places to live: Seward (grade A), Milford (grade A minus), Staplehurst (grade B+)

- Population: 320,301
- Median home value: $204,400 (60% own)
- Median rent: $921 (40% own)
- Median household income: $65,086
- Top public schools: Lincoln East High School (grade A), Southwest High School (grade A), Lux Middle School (grade A)
- Top private schools: Pius X High School (grade A minus), Lincoln Christian School (grade A minus), Parkview Christian Schools (grade B+)
- Top places to live: Lincoln (grade A), Waverly (grade B+), Yankee Hill (grade A)

- Population: 188,464
- Median home value: $227,000 (70% own)
- Median rent: $1,117 (30% own)
- Median household income: $88,408
- Top public schools: Upchurch Elementary School (grade A), Liberty Middle School (grade A), Aspen Creek Middle School (grade A)
- Top private schools: Gross Catholic High School (grade A minus), Cornerstone Christian School (grade B+), St. Columbkille School (grade unavailable)
- Top places to live: Papillion (grade A), Chalco (grade A), Gretna (grade A)

- Population: 578,771
- Median home value: $192,800 (62% own)
- Median rent: $1,011 (38% own)
- Median household income: $70,683
- Top public schools: Millard North High School (grade A+), Blue Sage Elementary School (grade A+), Sagewood Elementary School (grade A+)
- Top private schools: Brownell Talbot College Preparatory School (grade A+), Mount Michael Benedictine High School (grade A+), Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart (grade A+)
- Top places to live: Omaha (grade A), Bennington (grade B+), Ralston (grade B+)