Best PlacesTable Rock, NE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Table Rock, 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.
Table Rock ranks 29,993rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Table Rock
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.
Table Rock's strengths and weaknesses
Where Table Rock ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 99% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 87% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 86% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 70% of towns
Where Table Rock ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 22% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Table Rock
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Table Rock home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,955, 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 Table Rock's effective rate of 1.27%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Table Rock
Table Rock runs older than the country, 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 Table Rock.
Who works in Table Rock, and how
Work in Table Rock centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Table Rock
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Table Rock.
What the weather is like in Table Rock, month by month
Table Rock sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 27° | 19° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 42° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Table Rock
The nearest airport, Lincoln, is about 58 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 78 miles away.
The best schools in and around Table Rock
Schools across Table Rock average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Elementary School At JohnsonA · 70% proficient
- Htrs Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Pawnee City Elementary SchC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Htrs Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- High School At JohnsonA · 70% proficient
- Htrs High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Pawnee City Secondary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Table Rock school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Table Rock 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 Table Rock against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Table Rock
Is Table Rock a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Table Rock ranks 29,993rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, a stable housing market, and state infrastructure, and lowest on property taxes 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 Table Rock expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $88,645. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $69,955 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Table Rock safe?
Table Rock is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $411 per resident a year.
Compare Table Rock with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Table Rock. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Table Rock 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.
Table Rock detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Table Rock: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Table Rock: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Table Rock: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Table Rock: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Table Rock 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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