Best PlacesGosper County, NE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Gosper County, 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.
Gosper County ranks 1,157th of 3,144 U.S. counties 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 Gosper County
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.
Gosper County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gosper County ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of counties
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of counties
- QuietBetter than 95% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 84% of counties
Where Gosper County ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 4% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than only 6% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Gosper County
A household needs to earn about $66,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gosper County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,403, 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 Gosper County's effective rate of 0.89%, 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 Gosper County
Gosper County runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Gosper County.
Who works in Gosper County, and how
Work in Gosper County centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Gosper County
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Gosper County.
Is Gosper County growing, and who is moving in?
Gosper County has lost about 10% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Dawson County, NE.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Gosper County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Gosper County, month by month
Gosper County sees roughly 130 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 Gosper County
The nearest airport, Kearney Regional, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 211 miles away.
The best schools in and around Gosper County
Schools across Gosper County average a C+, better than 52% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Cambridge Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Bertrand Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Bryan Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cambridge Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Lexington Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Cambridge High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Elwood High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Arapahoe High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gosper County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gosper County 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 Gosper County against the other 3,143 counties.
Common questions about living in Gosper County
Is Gosper County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gosper County ranks 1,157th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on state finances, health care access, and quiet, and lowest on distance from a big city and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gosper County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $250,129. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $78,403 median income, cost of living beats 37% of counties.
Is Gosper County safe?
Yes, Gosper County is safer than 79% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $255 per resident a year.
Compare Gosper County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gosper County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gosper County 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.
Gosper County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gosper County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gosper County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gosper County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gosper County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gosper County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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