Census-designated place · Cass County, Nebraska

Buccaneer Bay, Nebraska

Buccaneer Bay is a census-designated place in Cass County, Nebraska, part of the Omaha, NE-IA metro area. It has 1,418 residents. Buccaneer Bay, Nebraska has a quality-of-life score of 83 out of 100 (very high), ranking #2,671 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Nebraska it ranks #55 of 119 cities and towns. It ranks best on violent crime rate (low), drug overdose deaths (low) and median Air Quality Index (low). It ranks worst on pharmacies (low), grocery stores (low) and primary care physicians (low).

83Very high

Quality-of-life score: #2,671 of 15,651 cities and towns
Nebraska: #55 of 119 in NE
Population: 1,418 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,079.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 3106945

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 62 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety93#1,140/15,637
Economy91#1,437/15,631
Housing—
Health—
Healthcare42#9,143/15,650
Environment91#1,416/15,453
Education74#4,129/15,649
Infrastructure71#4,604/15,650
Community68#4,954/15,651
Leisure & amenities14#13,402/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Buccaneer Bay, Nebraska ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Cass County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Violent crime rate · low32 /100k
99/100Nebraska 218 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCass County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Nebraska 6.6 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCass County value
Median Air Quality Index · low19
98/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyCass County value
Unemployment rate · low0.0%
98/100Nebraska 3.0%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low1.2%
94/100Nebraska 8.2%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Nebraska 2.3 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCass County value

Weaknesses

Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Nebraska 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCass County value
Grocery stores · low0.7 /10k
5/100Nebraska 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCass County value
Primary care physicians · low26 /100k
9/100Nebraska 76 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCass County value
Mental health providers · low76 /100k
11/100Nebraska 362 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCass County value
Distance to an emergency room · high12.1 mi
12/100Nebraska 5.1 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCass County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.4 /10k
12/100Nebraska 1.4 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCass County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

No large change over the last five years in the published series.

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

There is not enough history to compare Buccaneer Bay, Nebraska over five years.

Cities and towns like Buccaneer Bay, Nebraska five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Buccaneer Bay, Nebraska in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Buccaneer Bay, Nebraska five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,418 residents (±272)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,418 residents (±272)

Buccaneer Bay, Nebraska
Nebraska share

White88%1,243
Black2.5%†36
Hispanic or Latino0.0%0

Education

1,140 residents (±204)

Buccaneer Bay, Nebraska
Nebraska share

No high school diploma5.5%†63
High school or GED22%†253
Some college25%†283

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

575 households (±102)

Buccaneer Bay, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under $25k6.3%†36
$25k–50k4.2%†24
$50k–75k7.3%†42
$75k–100k16%†92
$100k–150k16%†90
$150k–200k20%†114
$200k or more31%†177

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

575 households (±102)

Buccaneer Bay, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Own100%575
Rent0.0%0

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Home values

575 homes (±102)

Buccaneer Bay, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under $150k9.0%†52
$150k–250k11%†65
$250k–400k39%†222

Age of homes

575 homes (±102)

Buccaneer Bay, Nebraska
Nebraska share

2010 or later48%†274
2000–200921%†121
1980–19998.9%†51

Size of homes

575 homes (±102)

Buccaneer Bay, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms13%†74
3 bedrooms

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

912 workers (±216)

Buccaneer Bay, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Drive alone70%638
Carpool17%†154
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home13%†120
Other0.0%0

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

792 workers (±175)

Buccaneer Bay, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under 15 min19%†148
15–29 min48%†380
30–44 min18%†142

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Omaha, NE-IA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Cass County, the county holding most of Buccaneer Bay's residents.

Cass County has 615 employer establishments, 224 for every 10,000 residents (0.90× the US rate of 248; 0.79× Nebraska's), with 4,687 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,040. The Census Bureau also counts 2,239 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 615; 2,239 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 224; US 248 · Nebraska 284
Paid employees: 4,687
Average annual pay: $47,040; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Cass County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	81	29.5	1.91×More than typical	360	$56,031	201
Truck transportation	49	17.8	3.53×More than typical	429	$70,765	63
Construction of buildings	40	14.6	1.93×More than typical	92	$60,239	68
Restaurants and other eating places	31	11.3	0.61×Fewer than typical	342	$19,307	9
Services to buildings and dwellings	27	9.8	1.46×More than typical	80	$50,325	158
Lessors of real estate	26	9.5	0.77×Fewer than typical	30	$41,167	271
Ambulatory health care services	24	8.7	0.42×Fewer than typical	98	$44,908	71
Building finishing contractors	22	8	2.11×More than typical	74	$41,203	70
Religious organizations	22	8	1.44×More than typical	193	$24,223	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	21	7.6	1.52×More than typical	41	$49,829	48
Building equipment contractors	20	7.3	1.21×About typical	106	$47,519	18
Other specialty trade contractors	20	7.3	2.90×More than typical	89	$66,348	82

Rank places for an industry Open Cass County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 27,463 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Buccaneer Bay is mostly in Cass County.

See federal money in Cass County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Buccaneer Bay, Nebraska is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mike FloodR-NE-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 0.7%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Cass County94100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Omaha, NE-IA96

Other cities and towns in Cass County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024

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