Scores by category

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

Safety96#664/15,637
Economy50#7,803/15,631
Housing99#190/14,977
Health73#4,152/15,609
Healthcare22#12,136/15,650
Environment73#4,226/15,453
Education29#11,134/15,649
Infrastructure51#7,671/15,650
Community86#2,154/15,651
Leisure & amenities58#6,521/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Grocery stores · high5.5 /10k
99/100Nebraska 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsColfax County value
Preventable hospital stays · low1,086 /100k
99/100Nebraska 2,494 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteColfax County value
Depression · low13.6%
99/100Nebraska 18.7%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Rent-burdened households · low16.6%
99/100Nebraska 45.0%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070High uncertainty
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Nebraska 6.6 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataColfax County value
Violent crime rate · low46 /100k
98/100Nebraska 218 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationColfax County value

Weaknesses

Mental health providers · low19 /100k
1/100Nebraska 362 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteColfax County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Nebraska 3.9 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyColfax County value
Dentists · low19 /100k
4/100Nebraska 84 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteColfax County value
Job growth · low-3.9%
4/100Nebraska -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataColfax County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · low8.2%
5/100Nebraska 34.6%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
New business applications · low7.6 /1k
5/100Nebraska 11.3 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauColfax County value

Trends

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

New homes permittedImproving
0.5 /1k (2021) → 2.7 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+495%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
33.6% (2015-2019) → 16.6% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.8% (2015-2019) → 92.6% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherImproving
51.2% (2015-2019) → 65.8% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Child poverty rateImproving
18.5% (2015-2019) → 4.6% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
15.2% (2015-2019) → 6.8% (2020-2024)
−8.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

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, Schuyler, Nebraska improved on 1 of 11 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.

Improved1

Broadband+16 points76.8% → 92.6%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Schuyler, Nebraska between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	18.4 min2015-2019	17.0 min2020-2024	−1.4 min	Within the margin of error	64%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%2015-2019	8.2%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Broadband subscriptions	76.8%2015-2019	92.6%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	82%
Effective property tax rate	1.57%2015-2019	1.04%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	92%
High school diploma or higher	51.2%2015-2019	65.8%2020-2024	+15 points	Within the margin of error	98%
Home price to income ratio	1.6×2015-2019	1.8×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	68%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3822015-2019	0.3722020-2024	−0.010	Within the margin of error	60%
Median household income	$63,6252015-2019	$80,3992020-2024	+26%	Within the margin of error	47%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	20.2%2015-2019	18.3%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	21.9%2015-2019	17.5%2020-2024	−4.4 points	Within the margin of error	84%

“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 Schuyler, Nebraska five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Schuyler, 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, Schuyler, Nebraska itself moved +5.4 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

6,578 residents (±17)

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: 50–59 women (+3.2 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

6,578 residents (±17)

Schuyler, Nebraska
Nebraska share

White16%1,051
Black5.2%†339
Hispanic or Latino75%4,944

Education

3,682 residents (±208)

Schuyler, Nebraska
Nebraska share

No high school diploma34%1,259
High school or GED30%†1,105
Some college19%†699

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

2,091 households (±148)

Schuyler, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under $25k5.8%†121
$25k–50k15%†319
$50k–75k16%†325
$75k–100k32%†664
$100k–150k21%†434
$150k–200k4.5%†95
$200k or more6.4%†133

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−8.5 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

2,091 households (±148)

Schuyler, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Own71%1,494
Rent29%†597

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

530 households (±222)

Schuyler, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under $75013%†71
$750–1,00027%†141
$1,000–1,50060%†318

Home values

1,494 homes (±255)

Schuyler, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under $150k51%†767
$150k–250k26%†383
$250k–400k22%†322

Age of homes

2,100 homes (±147)

Schuyler, Nebraska
Nebraska share

2010 or later4.5%†95
2000–20094.8%†101
1980–199925%†531

Size of homes

2,100 homes (±147)

Schuyler, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom11%†228
2 bedrooms13%†274

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

3,230 workers (±262)

Schuyler, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Drive alone77%2,477
Carpool18%†566
Public transit0.0%0
Walk4.1%†131
Bike0.7%†22
Work from home1.1%†34
Other0.0%0

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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

3,196 workers (±265)

Schuyler, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under 15 min49%1,577
15–29 min38%†1,215
30–44 min8.2%†263

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 Columbus, NE

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 Colfax County, the county holding most of Schuyler's residents.

Colfax County has 254 employer establishments, 237 for every 10,000 residents (0.95× the US rate of 248; 0.83× Nebraska's), with 4,555 paid employees at an average annual pay of $54,762. The Census Bureau also counts 666 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 254; 666 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 237; US 248 · Nebraska 284
Paid employees: 4,555
Average annual pay: $54,762; US $68,342

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

Truck transportation	38	35.4	7.01×More than typical	208	$54,481	107
Specialty trade contractors	19	17.7	1.14×About typical	108	$68,843	80
Religious organizations	15	14	2.52×More than typical	95	$22,084	—
Restaurants and other eating places	15	14	0.76×Fewer than typical	118	$14,229	7
Automotive repair and maintenance	10	9.3	1.85×More than typical	26	$48,538	15
Construction of buildings	10	9.3	1.23×About typical	41	$47,195	25
Ambulatory health care services	9	8.4	0.40×Too few to compare	71	$52,465	9
Full-service restaurants	9	8.4	1.09×Too few to compare	36	$19,861	—
Gasoline stations	8	7.5	2.30×Too few to compare	140	$37,379	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	8	7.5	1.70×Too few to compare	24	$57,458	10
Other specialty trade contractors	8	7.5	2.97×Too few to compare	72	$73,472	25
Banks and credit unions	7	6.5	2.02×Too few to compare	68	$52,029	—

Rank places for an industry Open Colfax County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 10,721 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

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Schuyler, Nebraska: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

-696.1FY2017
90.7FY2018
-8.3FY2022
1.3KFY2023
1.2KFY2024

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Schuyler, Nebraska, so they do not add up across cities.

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

See federal money in Colfax 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.

Schuyler, 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.

Colfax County83100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Columbus, NE91

Other cities and towns in Colfax 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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