Best PlacesSaltillo, NE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in the Saltillo area, 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.
Saltillo ranks 10th of 50333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on low crime and lowest on property taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Saltillo
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.
Saltillo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Saltillo ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 98% of towns
Where Saltillo ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,085 a month, better than only 20% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 46% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 53% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Saltillo
A household needs to earn about $136,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Saltillo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $123,354; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment and a 6.8% 30-year fixed rate. The rate updates weekly from Freddie Mac; property tax uses Saltillo's effective rate against the median home value.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first ten 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 Saltillo
Saltillo runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Saltillo.
Who works in Saltillo, and how
Work in Saltillo centers on finance & insurance and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Saltillo
Saltillo has more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. The map and measures below show how they vary by area.
What the weather is like in Saltillo, month by month
Saltillo sees roughly 123 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 18. Spring and fall carry most of the comfortable stretch.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 26° | 18° |
| April | 67° | 51° | 40° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 68° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Saltillo
The nearest airport, Lincoln, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 58 miles away.
The best schools in and around Saltillo
Schools across Saltillo average an A, better than 92% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Adams Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Norris Intermediate SchoolA− · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- Scott Middle SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
- Norris Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Southwest High SchoolA− · 64% proficient
- Norris High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Saltillo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Saltillo 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 Saltillo against the other 50332 towns.
Common questions about living in Saltillo
Is Saltillo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Saltillo ranks 10th of 50333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, state finances, and population health, and lowest on property taxes and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Saltillo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $469,219. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $123,354 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Saltillo safe?
Yes, Saltillo is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $118 per resident a year.
Compare Saltillo with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Saltillo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Saltillo 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.
Saltillo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Saltillo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Saltillo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Saltillo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Saltillo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Saltillo 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.