Best PlacesPlattsmouth, NE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Plattsmouth, 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.
Plattsmouth ranks 4,935th 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 Plattsmouth
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.
Plattsmouth's strengths and weaknesses
Where Plattsmouth ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 99% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 90% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 88% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 87% of towns
Where Plattsmouth ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 16% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 24% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 40% of towns
- Cheap childcare$848 a month, better than only 44% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Plattsmouth
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Plattsmouth home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $92,320, 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 Plattsmouth's effective rate of 1.30%, 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 Plattsmouth
Plattsmouth runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Plattsmouth.
Who works in Plattsmouth, and how
Work in Plattsmouth centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Plattsmouth
Plattsmouth has more restaurants and bars per resident than 89% of towns and more parkland per resident than 93% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Plattsmouth and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Plattsmouth, month by month
Plattsmouth sees roughly 56 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 19° |
| April | 66° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 68° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Plattsmouth
Eppley Airfield sits about 22 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 Plattsmouth
Schools across Plattsmouth average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Conestoga Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Louisville Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Plattsmouth Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Plattsmouth Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Louisville Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Weeping Water Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Weeping Water High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Louisville High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Conestoga Jr/sr High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Plattsmouth school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Plattsmouth 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 Plattsmouth against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Plattsmouth
Is Plattsmouth a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Plattsmouth ranks 4,935th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, low crime, and walkability, 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 Plattsmouth expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $267,146. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $92,320 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Plattsmouth safe?
Yes, Plattsmouth is safer than 92% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $173 per resident a year.
Compare Plattsmouth with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Plattsmouth. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Plattsmouth 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.
Plattsmouth detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Plattsmouth: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Plattsmouth: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Plattsmouth: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Plattsmouth: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Plattsmouth 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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