Best PlacesFilley, NE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Filley, 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.
Filley ranks 15,774th 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 Filley
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.
Filley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Filley ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 87% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 87% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 85% of towns
Where Filley ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 45 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 13% of towns
- Short commute34.8 minutes each way, better than only 14% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 24% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Filley
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Filley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $93,628, 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 Filley's effective rate of 1.11%, 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 Filley
Filley 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 Filley.
Who works in Filley, and how
Work in Filley centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Filley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Filley.
What the weather is like in Filley, month by month
Filley 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 Filley
The nearest airport, Lincoln, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 77 miles away.
The best schools in and around Filley
Schools across Filley average a B−, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Freeman Elementary-adamsB+ · 55% proficient
- Hanover ElemB · 45% proficient
- Lewiston Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Freeman High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Hanover HighC+ · 39% proficient
- Lewiston High SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Filley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Filley 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 Filley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Filley
Is Filley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Filley ranks 15,774th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, what local pay buys, and population health, and lowest on the weather and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Filley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $200,043. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $93,628 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Filley safe?
Filley is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $300 per resident a year.
Compare Filley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Filley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Filley 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.
Filley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Filley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Filley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Filley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Filley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Filley 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.