Best PlacesPage, NE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Page, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Page ranks 21,297th 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 Page
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.
Page's strengths and weaknesses
Where Page ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 99% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 87% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 85% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 84% of towns
Where Page ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 21% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Page
A household needs to earn about $29,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Page home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,529, 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 Page's effective rate of 0.96%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Page
Page's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Page.
Who works in Page, and how
Work in Page centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Page
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Page.
What the weather is like in Page, month by month
Page sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 23° | 15° |
| April | 62° | 47° | 36° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 64° | 50° | 39° |
Flying in and out of Page
The nearest airport, Central Nebraska Regional, is about 100 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 150 miles away.
The best schools in and around Page
Schools across Page average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Akron Westfield Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Riverside Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- O'neill Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Akron Westfield Middle SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
Top high schools
- Akron Westfield Senior High SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Creighton Community High SchB · 48% proficient
- O'neill High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Page school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Page 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 Page against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Page
Is Page a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Page ranks 21,297th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, a stable housing market, and state infrastructure, and lowest on distance from a big city and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Page expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $109,073. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $76,529 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Page safe?
Page is safer than 25% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $394 per resident a year.
Compare Page with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Page. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Page 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.
Page detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Page: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Page: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Page: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Page: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Page 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.