Best PlacesLa Vista, NE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around La Vista, 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.
La Vista ranks 1,784th 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 La Vista
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.
La Vista's strengths and weaknesses
Where La Vista ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
Where La Vista ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 48 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,085 a month, better than only 20% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in La Vista
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median La Vista home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $105,926, 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 La Vista's effective rate of 1.70%, 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 La Vista
La Vista runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for La Vista.
Who works in La Vista, and how
Work in La Vista centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in La Vista
La Vista has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of towns and more parkland per resident than 92% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of La Vista and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in La Vista, month by month
La Vista sees roughly 48 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 26° | 19° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 42° |
| July | 88° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of La Vista
Eppley Airfield sits about 12 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.6 million passengers in 2025, with 73 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around La Vista
Schools across La Vista average a B+, better than 70% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hitchcock Elementary SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Portal Elementary SchoolA · 69% proficient
- Wilson Focus SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- La Vista Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Millard Central Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Millard South High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Bryan High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every La Vista school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
La Vista 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 La Vista against the other 50,332 towns.
Who La Vista suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 94% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 15% already work from home.
Common questions about living in La Vista
Is La Vista a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, La Vista ranks 1,784th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, biking, and few empty homes, and lowest on the weather and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is La Vista expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $311,548. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $105,926 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is La Vista safe?
Yes, La Vista is safer than 79% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $225 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in La Vista?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 36 with lows near 19. That works out to about 48 pleasant days a year, more than 0% of towns.
Is La Vista good for families?
Schools beat 70% of towns, crime safety beats 79%, and childcare runs $1,085 a month.
Compare La Vista with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to La Vista. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in La Vista 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.
La Vista detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for La Vista: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in La Vista: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of La Vista: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in La Vista: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
La Vista 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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