Best PlacesSarpy County, NE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Sarpy County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Sarpy County ranks 73rd of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. Paychecks stretch further here than almost anywhere else: the median household brings in $110,891, everyday costs sit below the national average, and an educated workforce ranks near the top of the country. The main drawbacks are the weather, property taxes, and childcare costs.
The best neighborhoods in Sarpy County
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.
The best areas in Sarpy County
The parts of Sarpy County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Springfield
Incomes run higher, local pay stretches further, and more residents vote.
Gretna
More adults hold degrees and more households have young kids.
Omaha & Chalco
Biking is worse and it is noisier.
Papillion
Prices have run up less and crime runs lower.
La Vista
Streets are more walkable.
Offutt AFB
More homes sit empty.
Bellevue
Homes cost less and tree cover is thicker.
Sarpy County shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 6% of the country and others in the top 1%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Sarpy County's strengths and weaknesses
Sarpy County ranks where it does because the parts of life that are hardest to change mostly work here. Few empty homes is the standout, in the top 1% of counties. What local pay buys and state finances follow.
The one real hole is the weather, near the bottom of the country. Property taxes and childcare costs also cost it ground. The measures below break that down, and the map shows how much of it holds street by street.
Where Sarpy County ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 99% of counties
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of counties
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of counties
- Household income$110,891 median, better than 95% of counties
Where Sarpy County ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 50 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of counties
- Cheap childcare$1,085 a month, better than only 12% of counties
- QuietBetter than only 14% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than only 32% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Sarpy County
A household needs to earn about $94,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sarpy County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $110,891, 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 Sarpy County's effective rate of 1.71%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sarpy County
Sarpy County runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sarpy County.
Who works in Sarpy County, and how
Work in Sarpy County centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Sarpy County
Sarpy County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties and more parkland per resident than 96% of counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Sarpy County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Sarpy County growing, and who is moving in?
Sarpy County has grown about 19% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Omaha, NE metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Sarpy County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Sarpy County, month by month
Sarpy County sees roughly 50 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 26° | 19° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 42° |
| July | 88° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Sarpy County
Eppley Airfield sits about 13 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 Sarpy County
Schools across Sarpy County average a B+, better than 80% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Hitchcock Elementary SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Upchurch ElementaryA+ · 78% proficient
- Palisades Elementary SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
Top middle schools
- Glenwood Middle SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Lewis Central Middle SchoolA+ · 71% proficient
- Aspen Creek Middle SchoolA · 64% proficient
Top high schools
- Lewis Central Senior High SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Millard West High SchoolA · 71% proficient
- Glenwood Senior High SchoolA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sarpy County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sarpy County 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 Sarpy County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Sarpy County suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 98% of counties, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 14% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Sarpy County
Is Sarpy County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sarpy County ranks 73rd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on few empty homes, what local pay buys, and state finances, 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 Sarpy County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $318,457. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $110,891 median income, cost of living beats 98% of counties.
Is Sarpy County safe?
Yes, Sarpy County is safer than 90% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $241 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Sarpy County?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 36 with lows near 19. That works out to about 50 pleasant days a year, more than 0% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Sarpy County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Springfield, Gretna, and Omaha & Chalco. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Sarpy County good for families?
Schools beat 80% of counties, crime safety beats 90%, and childcare runs $1,085 a month.
Is Sarpy County good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 98% of counties, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 74% of counties. About 14% of workers already work from home.
Compare Sarpy County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sarpy County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sarpy County 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.
Sarpy County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sarpy County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sarpy County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sarpy County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sarpy County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sarpy County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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