Best PlacesCedar Bluffs, NE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cedar Bluffs, 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.
Cedar Bluffs ranks 18,450th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cedar Bluffs
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.
Cedar Bluffs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Cedar Bluffs ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 90% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 87% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 86% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 83% of towns
Where Cedar Bluffs ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 51 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 24% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cedar Bluffs
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cedar Bluffs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $91,052, 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 Cedar Bluffs' effective rate of 1.04%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cedar Bluffs
Cedar Bluffs runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cedar Bluffs.
Who works in Cedar Bluffs, and how
Work in Cedar Bluffs centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Cedar Bluffs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cedar Bluffs.
What the weather is like in Cedar Bluffs, month by month
Cedar Bluffs sees roughly 51 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 25° | 18° |
| April | 66° | 51° | 40° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Cedar Bluffs
Eppley Airfield sits about 38 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 Cedar Bluffs
Schools across Cedar Bluffs average a B−, better than 55% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Bend Central Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Cedar Bluffs Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Grant Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wahoo Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- North Bend Central Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Johnson Crossing Academic Center (5-6)D+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Mead High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Wahoo High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- North Bend Central High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cedar Bluffs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cedar Bluffs 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 Cedar Bluffs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cedar Bluffs
Is Cedar Bluffs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cedar Bluffs ranks 18,450th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, health care access, and state infrastructure, and lowest on the weather and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cedar Bluffs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $233,646. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $91,052 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is Cedar Bluffs safe?
Cedar Bluffs is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $542 per resident a year.
Compare Cedar Bluffs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cedar Bluffs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cedar Bluffs 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.
Cedar Bluffs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cedar Bluffs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cedar Bluffs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cedar Bluffs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cedar Bluffs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cedar Bluffs 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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