Best PlacesDarr, NE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Darr, 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.
Darr ranks 26,442nd 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 Darr
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.
Darr's strengths and weaknesses
Where Darr ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 99% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 87% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 129 pleasant days a year, better than 85% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 83% of towns
Where Darr ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 9% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Darr
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Darr home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,429, 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 Darr's effective rate of 1.15%, 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 Darr
Darr's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Darr.
Who works in Darr, and how
Work in Darr centers on agriculture & forestry and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Darr
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Darr.
What the weather is like in Darr, month by month
Darr sees roughly 129 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 26° | 17° |
| April | 66° | 50° | 36° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 67° | 51° | 39° |
Flying in and out of Darr
The nearest airport, Kearney Regional, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 210 miles away.
The best schools in and around Darr
Schools across Darr average a C+, better than 44% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cozad Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Bryan Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Elwood Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cozad Middle SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Lexington Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Elwood High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Cozad High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Lexington High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Darr school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Darr 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 Darr against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Darr
Is Darr a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Darr ranks 26,442nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, a stable housing market, and state infrastructure, 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 Darr expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $271,591. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $87,429 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Darr safe?
Darr is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $539 per resident a year.
Compare Darr with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Darr. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Darr 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.
Darr detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Darr: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Darr: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Darr: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Darr: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Darr 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.