Village · Saunders County, Nebraska

Ceresco, Nebraska

Ceresco is a village in Saunders County, Nebraska, part of the Omaha, NE-IA metro area. It has 1,225 residents. Ceresco, Nebraska has a quality-of-life score of 96 out of 100 (very high), ranking #634 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Nebraska it ranks #7 of 119 cities and towns. It ranks best on firearm deaths (low), loneliness (low) and drug overdose deaths (low). It ranks worst on pharmacies (low), gyms and fitness centers (low) and mental health providers (low).

96Very high

Quality-of-life score: #634 of 15,651 cities and towns
Nebraska: #7 of 119 in NE
Population: 1,225 (2020-2024)
Land area: 0 mi²
Density: 2,778.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 3108570

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 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.

Safety98#333/15,637
Economy86#2,124/15,631
Housing81#2,798/14,977
Health81#2,938/15,609
Healthcare63#5,815/15,650
Environment75#3,903/15,453
Education87#2,054/15,649
Infrastructure90#1,564/15,650
Community97#491/15,651
Leisure & amenities43#8,849/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Ceresco, Nebraska ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Saunders 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

Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Nebraska 10.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataSaunders County value
Loneliness · low29.4%
99/100Nebraska 29.8%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Nebraska 6.6 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataSaunders County value
Property crime rate · low249 /100k
98/100Nebraska 1,379 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationSaunders County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low94 min
98/100Nebraska 114 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesSaunders County value
Violent crime rate · low49 /100k
98/100Nebraska 218 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationSaunders County value

Weaknesses

Pharmacies · low0.4 /10k
3/100Nebraska 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSaunders County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Nebraska 1.4 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSaunders County value
Mental health providers · low47 /100k
5/100Nebraska 362 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSaunders County value
Grocery stores · low0.8 /10k
8/100Nebraska 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSaunders County value
New homes permitted · low0.0 /1k
13/100Nebraska 5.3 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Average weekly wage · low$979
15/100Nebraska $1,213United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSaunders County value

Trends

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

New homes permittedWorsening
9.1 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateImproving
13.0% (2015-2019) → 0.3% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
83.6% (2015-2019) → 96.1% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
21.6% (2015-2019) → 32.1% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
14.2% (2015-2019) → 20.9% (2020-2024)
+6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.8× (2015-2019) → 2.2× (2020-2024)
+23%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

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.

Over about five years, Ceresco, Nebraska improved on 2 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Bachelor's++10 points21.6% → 32.1%
Broadband+12 points83.6% → 96.1%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Ceresco, Nebraska between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.2 min2015-2019	24.4 min2020-2024	+0.2 min	Within the margin of error	45%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%2015-2019	32.1%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	91%
Broadband subscriptions	83.6%2015-2019	96.1%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	71%
Effective property tax rate	1.90%2015-2019	1.41%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	90%
High school diploma or higher	95.4%2015-2019	98.1%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Home price to income ratio	1.8×2015-2019	2.2×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	54%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3332015-2019	0.3102020-2024	−0.023	Within the margin of error	70%
Median household income	$79,0282015-2019	$96,9442020-2024	+23%	Within the margin of error	39%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	19.6%2015-2019	18.5%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	63%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Ceresco, Nebraska five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Ceresco, 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.

For comparison, Ceresco, Nebraska itself moved +6.3 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

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

1,225 residents (±267)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

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

Household income

414 households (±68)

Ceresco, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under $25k5.3%†22
$25k–50k8.2%†34
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

414 households (±68)

Ceresco, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Own89%368
Rent11%†46

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+12.6 points).

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

636 workers (±132)

Ceresco, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Drive alone76%483
Carpool6.4%†41
Public transit0.0%0

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 Saunders County, the county holding most of Ceresco's residents.

Saunders County has 604 employer establishments, 257 for every 10,000 residents (1.04× the US rate of 248; 0.90× Nebraska's), with 4,397 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,752. The Census Bureau also counts 2,173 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 604; 2,173 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 257; US 248 · Nebraska 284
Paid employees: 4,397
Average annual pay: $46,752; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	75	31.9	2.06×More than typical	443	$65,598	191
Truck transportation	37	15.7	3.11×More than typical	130	$54,531	76
Restaurants and other eating places	31	13.2	0.72×Fewer than typical	319	$18,232	5
Religious organizations	30	12.8	2.30×More than typical	173	$22,220	—
Construction of buildings	24	10.2	1.35×More than typical	79	$56,177	63
Services to buildings and dwellings	24	10.2	1.51×More than typical	54	$44,981	135
Building equipment contractors	23	9.8	1.63×More than typical	103	$60,602	28
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	23	9.8	3.11×More than typical	219	$67,237	30
Automotive repair and maintenance	22	9.4	1.86×More than typical	46	$47,761	53
Insurance agencies and brokerages	22	9.4	2.13×More than typical	49	$68,082	50
Full-service restaurants	20	8.5	1.11×About typical	185	$22,027	—
Lessors of real estate	20	8.5	0.69×Fewer than typical	35	$45,971	297

Rank places for an industry Open Saunders County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 23,500 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: Ceresco is mostly in Saunders County.

See federal money in Saunders 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.

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

House

Don BaconR-NE-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 91%Missed 0.3%

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.

Saunders County99100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Omaha, NE-IA96

Other cities and towns in Saunders 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.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
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
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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