Best PlacesBoys Town, NE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Boys Town, 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.
Boys Town ranks 32,924th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Boys Town
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.
Boys Town's strengths and weaknesses
Where Boys Town ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
Where Boys Town ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 47 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 5% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
Who lives in Boys Town
Boys Town runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Boys Town.
Who works in Boys Town, and how
Work in Boys Town centers on public administration and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 44%
- Work from home 55%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Boys Town
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Boys Town.
What the weather is like in Boys Town, month by month
Boys Town sees roughly 47 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 26° | 19° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 42° |
| July | 88° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Boys Town
Eppley Airfield sits about 13 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.6 million passengers in 2025, with 73 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Boys Town
Schools across Boys Town average a B+, better than 76% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wilson Focus SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Montclair Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kiewit Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
- King Science/tech Magnet Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Millard North High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Burke High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Boys Town school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Boys Town 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 Boys Town against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Boys Town
Is Boys Town a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Boys Town ranks 32,924th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, state finances, and biking, and lowest on the weather and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Boys Town safe?
Boys Town is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $451 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Boys Town?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 36 with lows near 19. That works out to about 47 pleasant days a year, more than 0% of towns.
Compare Boys Town with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Boys Town. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Boys Town 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.
Boys Town detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Boys Town: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Boys Town: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Boys Town: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Boys Town: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Boys Town 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.
- 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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