Best PlacesStrang, NE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Strang, 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.
Strang ranks 15,967th 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 Strang
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.
Strang's strengths and weaknesses
Where Strang ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 87% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 83% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 81% of towns
- Short commute21.8 minutes each way, better than 81% of towns
Where Strang ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 5% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 17% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 19% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Strang
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Strang home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,109, 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 Strang's effective rate of 1.21%, 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 Strang
Strang runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Strang.
Who works in Strang, and how
Work in Strang centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Strang
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Strang.
What the weather is like in Strang, month by month
Strang sees roughly 113 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 27° | 19° |
| April | 68° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 69° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Strang
The nearest airport, Lincoln, is about 52 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 107 miles away.
The best schools in and around Strang
Schools across Strang average a B+, better than 77% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fillmore Central ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- Shickley Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Bruning-davenport Elem/davenptB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fillmore Central Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Bruning-davenport Middle SchB+ · 50% proficient
- Pike Valley Jr HighD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Fillmore Central High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Shickley High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Strang school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Strang 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 Strang against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Strang
Is Strang a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Strang ranks 15,967th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, state infrastructure, and health care access, and lowest on tree cover and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Strang expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $148,010. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $77,109 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Strang safe?
Yes, Strang is safer than 56% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $276 per resident a year.
Compare Strang with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Strang. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Strang 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.
Strang detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Strang: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Strang: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Strang: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Strang: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Strang 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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