Best PlacesAnsley, NE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ansley, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Ansley ranks 26,834th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ansley
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Ansley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ansley ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 87% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of towns
Where Ansley ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 13% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 16% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 27% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ansley
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ansley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,781, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Ansley's effective rate of 0.96%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ansley
Ansley runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ansley.
Who works in Ansley, and how
Work in Ansley centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Ansley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ansley.
What the weather is like in Ansley, month by month
Ansley sees roughly 130 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 26° | 16° |
| April | 65° | 48° | 35° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 66° | 50° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Ansley
The nearest airport, Kearney Regional, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 181 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ansley
Schools across Ansley average a B−, better than 59% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Park Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Julesburg Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Ansley Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Broken Bow Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Broken Bow High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Ansley High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Julesburg High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ansley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ansley measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Ansley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ansley
Is Ansley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ansley ranks 26,834th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, cell coverage, and a stable housing market, and lowest on distance from a big city and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ansley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $100,922. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $63,781 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Ansley safe?
Ansley is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $384 per resident a year.
Compare Ansley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ansley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ansley represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Ansley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ansley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ansley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ansley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ansley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ansley detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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