Best PlacesLong Pine, NE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Long Pine, 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.
Long Pine ranks 17,102nd of 50,333 U.S. towns 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 Long Pine
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.
Long Pine's strengths and weaknesses
Where Long Pine ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute11.4 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 87% of towns
Where Long Pine ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 11% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 17% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 26% of towns
- Household income$60,172 median, better than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Long Pine
A household needs to earn about $28,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Long Pine home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,172, 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 Long Pine's effective rate of 0.91%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Long Pine
Long Pine 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 Long Pine.
Who works in Long Pine, and how
Work in Long Pine 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 83%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Long Pine
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Long Pine.
What the weather is like in Long Pine, month by month
Long Pine sees roughly 83 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 24° | 16° |
| April | 61° | 46° | 34° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 64° | 49° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Long Pine
The nearest airport, North Platte Regional/Lee Bird Field, is about 110 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 214 miles away.
The best schools in and around Long Pine
Schools across Long Pine average a B+, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bassett Grade SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Ainsworth Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ainsworth Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Ainsworth High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Rock County High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Long Pine school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Long Pine 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 Long Pine against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Long Pine
Is Long Pine a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Long Pine ranks 17,102nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, short commutes, and clean air, 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 Long Pine expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $105,972. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $60,172 median income, cost of living beats 30% of towns.
Is Long Pine safe?
Long Pine is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $389 per resident a year.
Compare Long Pine with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Long Pine. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Long Pine 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.
Long Pine detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Long Pine: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Long Pine: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Long Pine: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Long Pine: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Long Pine 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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