Best PlacesBrule, NE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brule, 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.
Brule ranks 32,869th 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 Brule
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.
Brule's strengths and weaknesses
Where Brule ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute15.9 minutes each way, better than 96% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 87% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 79% of towns
Where Brule ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Brule
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brule home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $62,636; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Brule's effective rate of 1.20%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Brule
Brule runs older 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 Brule.
Who works in Brule, and how
Work in Brule centers on retail trade and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Brule
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Brule.
What the weather is like in Brule, month by month
Brule sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 26° | 13° |
| April | 68° | 49° | 32° |
| July | 93° | 76° | 61° |
| October | 70° | 50° | 34° |
Flying in and out of Brule
The nearest airport, North Platte Regional/Lee Bird Field, is about 62 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 170 miles away.
The best schools in and around Brule
Schools across Brule average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Perkins County Elementary SchB+ · 55% proficient
- Prairie View SchoolB · 48% proficient
- So Platte Elem At Big SpringsD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Perkins County Junior- Senior High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Ogallala High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- South Platte High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brule school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brule 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 Brule against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Brule
Is Brule a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brule ranks 32,869th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, short commutes, and clean air, 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 Brule expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $236,556. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $62,636 median income, cost of living beats 33% of towns.
Is Brule safe?
Brule is safer than 29% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $372 per resident a year.
Compare Brule with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brule. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brule 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.
Brule detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brule: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brule: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brule: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brule: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brule 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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