Best PlacesYutan, NE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Yutan, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Yutan ranks 5,599th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Yutan
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.
Yutan's strengths and weaknesses
Where Yutan ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 99% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 91% of towns
- Household income$107,250 median, better than 89% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 88% of towns
Where Yutan ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 16% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Yutan
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Yutan home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $107,250, 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 Yutan's effective rate of 1.09%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Yutan
Yutan runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Yutan.
Who works in Yutan, and how
Work in Yutan centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Yutan
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Yutan.
What the weather is like in Yutan, month by month
Yutan sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 25° | 17° |
| April | 66° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Yutan
Eppley Airfield sits about 26 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 Yutan
Schools across Yutan average an A−, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Yutan Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Mead Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Yutan High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Mead High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Yutan school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Yutan 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 Yutan against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Yutan
Is Yutan a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Yutan ranks 5,599th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, low crime, and what local pay buys, and lowest on noise and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Yutan expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $245,342. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $107,250 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Yutan safe?
Yes, Yutan is safer than 92% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $170 per resident a year.
Compare Yutan with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Yutan. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Yutan 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.
Yutan detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Yutan: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Yutan: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Yutan: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Yutan: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Yutan 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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