Best PlacesHansen, NE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hansen, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Hansen ranks 3,647th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hansen
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.
Hansen's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hansen ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- Short commute15.4 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
- Household income$121,610 median, better than 93% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 87% of towns
Where Hansen ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 11% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 12% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 15% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hansen
A household needs to earn about $87,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hansen home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $121,610, 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 Hansen'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 Hansen
Hansen 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 Hansen.
Who works in Hansen, and how
Work in Hansen centers on health care & social and other services. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Hansen
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hansen.
What the weather is like in Hansen, month by month
Hansen sees roughly 109 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 26° | 19° |
| April | 66° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Hansen
The nearest airport, Central Nebraska Regional, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 136 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hansen
Schools across Hansen average a B+, better than 76% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Doniphan-trumbull ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
- Rock Hills Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Adams Central Jr-sr High SchB+ · 57% proficient
- Doniphan-trumbull SecondaryB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hansen school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hansen 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 Hansen against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hansen
Is Hansen a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hansen ranks 3,647th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, what local pay buys, and short commutes, and lowest on tree cover and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hansen expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $317,246. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $121,610 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Hansen safe?
Yes, Hansen is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $297 per resident a year.
Compare Hansen with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hansen. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hansen 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.
Hansen detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hansen: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hansen: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hansen: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hansen: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hansen 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.