Best PlacesBartley, NE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bartley, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bartley ranks 23,221st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bartley
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.
Bartley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bartley ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute19.3 minutes each way, better than 90% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 87% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 119 pleasant days a year, better than 80% of towns
Where Bartley ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 24% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bartley
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bartley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,861, 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 Bartley's effective rate of 1.12%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bartley
Bartley runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bartley.
Who works in Bartley, and how
Work in Bartley centers on education and wholesale trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 98%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Bartley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bartley.
What the weather is like in Bartley, month by month
Bartley sees roughly 119 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 28° | 18° |
| April | 69° | 51° | 37° |
| July | 93° | 77° | 65° |
| October | 70° | 52° | 39° |
Flying in and out of Bartley
The nearest airport, North Platte Regional/Lee Bird Field, is about 63 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 232 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bartley
Schools across Bartley average a B+, better than 75% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cambridge Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Southwest Elementary-indianolaB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cambridge Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Southwest Jr/sr High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Cambridge High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bartley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bartley 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 Bartley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bartley
Is Bartley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bartley ranks 23,221st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, short commutes, and state infrastructure, and lowest on tree cover and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bartley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $109,883. The overall cost of living runs about 26% below the national average. Set against a $64,861 median income, cost of living beats 63% of towns.
Is Bartley safe?
Bartley is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $590 per resident a year.
Compare Bartley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bartley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bartley 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.
Bartley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bartley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bartley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bartley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bartley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bartley 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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