Best PlacesLeshara, NE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Leshara, 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.
Leshara ranks 10,225th 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 Leshara
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.
Leshara's strengths and weaknesses
Where Leshara ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 90% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 90% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 89% of towns
Where Leshara ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 53 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 13% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Leshara
A household needs to earn about $86,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Leshara home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $100,352, 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 Leshara's effective rate of 1.04%, 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 Leshara
Leshara runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Leshara.
Who works in Leshara, and how
Work in Leshara centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Leshara
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Leshara.
What the weather is like in Leshara, month by month
Leshara sees roughly 53 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 25° | 18° |
| April | 66° | 51° | 40° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Leshara
Eppley Airfield sits about 30 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 Leshara
Schools across Leshara average a B, better than 69% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Yutan Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Cedar Bluffs Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Clarmar Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Douglas Co West Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
- Johnson Crossing Academic Center (5-6)D+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Yutan High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Mead High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Fremont Senior High SchoolB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Leshara school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Leshara 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 Leshara against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Leshara
Is Leshara a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Leshara ranks 10,225th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, a strong job market, and an educated workforce, and lowest on the weather and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Leshara expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $317,749. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $100,352 median income, cost of living beats 89% of towns.
Is Leshara safe?
Leshara is safer than 49% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $301 per resident a year.
Compare Leshara with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Leshara. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Leshara 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.
Leshara detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Leshara: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Leshara: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Leshara: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Leshara: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Leshara 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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