Best PlacesTekamah, NE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tekamah, 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.
Tekamah ranks 15,684th 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 Tekamah
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.
Tekamah's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tekamah ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 87% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 86% of towns
- QuietBetter than 82% of towns
Where Tekamah ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 20% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 27% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 28% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 30% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tekamah
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tekamah home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,290, 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 Tekamah's effective rate of 1.04%, 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 Tekamah
Tekamah 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 Tekamah.
Who works in Tekamah, and how
Work in Tekamah centers on agriculture & forestry and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Tekamah
Tekamah has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Tekamah and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Tekamah, month by month
Tekamah sees roughly 98 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 23° | 15° |
| April | 66° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 67° | 52° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Tekamah
Eppley Airfield sits about 37 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 Tekamah
Schools across Tekamah average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Elementary School At TekamahB · 50% proficient
- Oakland Craig ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- Northeast Elementary At LyonsB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Oakland Craig Junior-senior HighB+ · 55% proficient
- Northeast Secondary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- High School At TekamahB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tekamah school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tekamah 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 Tekamah against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tekamah
Is Tekamah a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tekamah ranks 15,684th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, walkability, and state infrastructure, and lowest on tree cover and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tekamah expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $166,744. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $71,290 median income, cost of living beats 53% of towns.
Is Tekamah safe?
Tekamah is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $324 per resident a year.
Compare Tekamah with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tekamah. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tekamah 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.
Tekamah detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tekamah: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tekamah: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tekamah: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tekamah: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tekamah 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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