Best PlacesDiller, NE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Diller, 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.
Diller ranks 31,429th 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 Diller
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.
Diller's strengths and weaknesses
Where Diller ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 88% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 87% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 85% of towns
Where Diller ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 45 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Diller
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Diller home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,034, 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 Diller's effective rate of 1.18%, 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 Diller
Diller 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 Diller.
Who works in Diller, and how
Work in Diller centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Diller
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Diller.
What the weather is like in Diller, month by month
Diller sees roughly 45 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 26° | 18° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 68° |
| October | 69° | 55° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Diller
The nearest airport, Lincoln, is about 52 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 99 miles away.
The best schools in and around Diller
Schools across Diller average a B−, better than 62% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tri County Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Diller-odell Elem SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Jefferson Intermediate SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Tri County Jr-sr High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Diller-odell Secondary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Fairbury Jr-sr High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Diller school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Diller 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 Diller against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Diller
Is Diller a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Diller ranks 31,429th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, civic engagement, and walkability, and lowest on the weather and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Diller expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $154,672. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $76,034 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Diller safe?
Diller is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $449 per resident a year.
Compare Diller with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Diller. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Diller 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.
Diller detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Diller: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Diller: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Diller: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Diller: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Diller 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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