Best PlacesSaronville, NE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Saronville, 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.
Saronville ranks 21,258th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Saronville
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.
Saronville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Saronville ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 87% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 87% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 79% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 117 pleasant days a year, better than 78% of towns
Where Saronville ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 5% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 16% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Saronville
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Saronville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,042, 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 Saronville's effective rate of 1.23%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Saronville
Saronville runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Saronville.
Who works in Saronville, and how
Work in Saronville centers on health care & social and wholesale trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Saronville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Saronville.
What the weather is like in Saronville, month by month
Saronville sees roughly 117 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 25° | 18° |
| April | 66° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 67° | 52° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Saronville
The nearest airport, Central Nebraska Regional, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 117 miles away.
The best schools in and around Saronville
Schools across Saronville average a B+, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Blue Hill Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Sutton Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Harvard Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Sutton Secondary SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- Adams Central Jr-sr High SchB+ · 57% proficient
- Harvard High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Saronville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Saronville 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 Saronville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Saronville
Is Saronville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Saronville ranks 21,258th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, cell coverage, and state infrastructure, and lowest on tree cover and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Saronville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $166,762. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $83,042 median income, cost of living beats 79% of towns.
Is Saronville safe?
Saronville is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $318 per resident a year.
Compare Saronville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Saronville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Saronville 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.
Saronville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Saronville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Saronville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Saronville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Saronville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Saronville 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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