Scores by category

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

Safety79#3,241/15,637
Economy78#3,401/15,631
Housing86#2,105/14,977
Health57#6,788/15,609
Healthcare50#7,849/15,650
Environment71#4,432/15,453
Education92#1,190/15,649
Infrastructure68#4,952/15,650
Community85#2,286/15,651
Leisure & amenities88#1,931/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Traffic deaths · low0.0 /100k
100/100Nebraska 11.9 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataPerkins County value
Average commute time · low9.0 min
100/100Nebraska 19.2 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Social associations · high28.6 /10k
100/100Nebraska 13.4 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePerkins County value
Grocery stores · high7.0 /10k
100/100Nebraska 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPerkins County value
Gyms and fitness centers · high3.5 /10k
100/100Nebraska 1.4 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPerkins County value
Property crime rate · low163 /100k
100/100Nebraska 1,379 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationPerkins County value

Weaknesses

Distance to an airport · high172 mi
1/100Nebraska 65 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauPerkins County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Nebraska 3.9 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyPerkins County value
Flu vaccinations · low27.0%
4/100Nebraska 47.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePerkins County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low53.9%
13/100Nebraska 84.8%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePerkins County value
Suicide rate · high22.1 /100k
14/100Nebraska 15.8 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataPerkins County value
Dentists · low36 /100k
17/100Nebraska 84 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePerkins County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,345 (2015-2019) → 1,413 (2020-2024)
+5.1%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.7% (2015-2019) → 93.7% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
21.4% (2015-2019) → 28.8% (2020-2024)
+7.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Child poverty rateWorsening
4.2% (2015-2019) → 11.1% (2020-2024)
+6.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.6× (2015-2019) → 2.2× (2020-2024)
+32%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Average commute timeImproving
11.9 min (2015-2019) → 9.0 min (2020-2024)
−24%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

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, Grant, Nebraska improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 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

Broadband+15 points78.7% → 93.7%
Bachelor's++7.4 points21.4% → 28.8%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Grant, Nebraska between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	11.9 min2015-2019	9.0 min2020-2024	−2.9 min	Within the margin of error	78%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%2015-2019	28.8%2020-2024	+7.4 points	Improved	81%
Broadband subscriptions	78.7%2015-2019	93.7%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	79%
High school diploma or higher	89.7%2015-2019	92.5%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Home price to income ratio	1.6×2015-2019	2.2×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	46%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4272015-2019	0.3772020-2024	−0.050	Within the margin of error	84%
Median household income	$63,0562015-2019	$71,3892020-2024	+13%	Within the margin of error	21%
Poverty rate	5.7%2015-2019	8.4%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	27.4%2015-2019	23.2%2020-2024	−4.2 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Rent-burdened households	42.1%2015-2019	40.0%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.8%2015-2019	8.4%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	39%

“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 Grant, Nebraska five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Grant, 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, Grant, Nebraska itself moved +9.9 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

1,413 residents (±139)

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

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 60–69 men (−3.8 points).

† 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

1,413 residents (±139)

Grant, Nebraska
Nebraska share

White85%1,205
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino10%145
Asian0.6%†9
American Indian and Alaska Native0.2%†3
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races3.6%†51

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−7.0 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

962 residents (±99)

Grant, Nebraska
Nebraska share

No high school diploma7.5%†72
High school or GED25%243
Some college31%297
Associate degree7.6%†73
Bachelor's degree21%205
Graduate degree7.5%†72

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View 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.

Income

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

Household income

584 households (±70)

Grant, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under $25k9.8%†57
$25k–50k27%†155
$50k–75k16%†95
$75k–100k15%†86
$100k–150k19%†113
$150k–200k8.0%†47
$200k or more5.3%†31

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−14.8 points).

† 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

584 households (±70)

Grant, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Own74%430
Rent26%†154

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

150 households (±47)

Grant, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under $75017%†25
$750–1,00040%†60
$1,000–1,50019%†29

Home values

430 homes (±57)

Grant, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under $150k47%203
$150k–250k28%122
$250k–400k15%†66

Age of homes

624 homes (±65)

Grant, Nebraska
Nebraska share

2010 or later2.7%†17
2000–20093.2%†20
1980–199916%†101

Size of homes

624 homes (±65)

Grant, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Studio0.5%†3
1 bedroom8.2%†51
2 bedrooms30%186

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

712 workers (±107)

Grant, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Drive alone80%568
Carpool9.8%†70
Public transit0.0%0
Walk4.9%†35
Bike0.0%0
Work from home4.6%†33
Other0.8%†6

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Walk (+3.3 points).

† 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

679 workers (±107)

Grant, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under 15 min79%534
15–29 min15%†103
30–44 min5.4%†37

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

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 Perkins County, the county holding most of Grant's residents.

Perkins County has 126 employer establishments, 450 for every 10,000 residents (1.81× the US rate of 248; 1.58× Nebraska's), with 819 paid employees at an average annual pay of $55,918. The Census Bureau also counts 309 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 126; 309 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 450; US 248 · Nebraska 284
Paid employees: 819
Average annual pay: $55,918; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	12	42.9	2.77×More than typical	35	$53,429	23
Automotive repair and maintenance	10	35.7	7.09×More than typical	23	$41,391	10
Construction of buildings	9	32.1	4.25×Too few to compare	29	$43,172	6
Religious organizations	8	28.6	5.15×Too few to compare	28	$21,036	—
Ambulatory health care services	5	17.9	0.86×Too few to compare	26	$27,692	16
Building equipment contractors	5	17.9	2.97×Too few to compare	13	$52,615	4
Banks and credit unions	4	14.3	4.42×Too few to compare	18	$57,778	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	4	14.3	3.25×Too few to compare	5	$97,800	6
Machinery manufacturing	4	14.3	22.2×Too few to compare	3	$64,667	—
Truck transportation	4	14.3	2.83×Too few to compare	7	$50,143	22
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	3	10.7	2.63×Too few to compare	5	$41,400	16
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	3	10.7	3.40×Too few to compare	10	$50,100	4

Rank places for an industry Open Perkins County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 2,800 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: Grant is mostly in Perkins County.

See federal money in Perkins 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.

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

House

Adrian SmithR-NE-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 1.6%

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.

Perkins County97100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Perkins 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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