Scores by category

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

Safety83#2,676/15,637
Economy29#11,021/15,631
Housing93#982/14,977
Health55#6,976/15,609
Healthcare9#14,279/15,650
Environment81#2,888/15,453
Education81#2,919/15,649
Infrastructure53#7,394/15,650
Community84#2,563/15,651
Leisure & amenities96#675/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Gyms and fitness centers · high3.0 /10k
99/100Nebraska 1.4 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBurt County value
Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Nebraska 10.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionBurt County value
Grocery stores · high4.5 /10k
99/100Nebraska 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBurt 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 dataBurt County value
Public libraries · high4.5 /10k
98/100Nebraska 1.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesBurt County value
Loneliness · low31.5%
97/100Nebraska 29.8%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Job growth · low-8.1%
0/100Nebraska -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataBurt County value
Mental health providers · low15 /100k
1/100Nebraska 362 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBurt County value
Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Nebraska 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBurt County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Nebraska 3.9 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyBurt County value
Traffic deaths · high35.7 /100k
5/100Nebraska 11.9 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataBurt County value
Average weekly wage · low$897
5/100Nebraska $1,213United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBurt County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,802 (2015-2019) → 1,690 (2020-2024)
−6.2%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
74.3% (2015-2019) → 90.3% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateWorsening
23.5% (2015-2019) → 33.4% (2020-2024)
+9.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
19.6% (2015-2019) → 28.4% (2020-2024)
+8.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.7× (2015-2019) → 2.3× (2020-2024)
+30%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Poverty rateWorsening
14.7% (2015-2019) → 18.6% (2020-2024)
+3.9 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, Tekamah, Nebraska improved on 1 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 13 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 points74.3% → 90.3%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Tekamah, Nebraska between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.0 min2015-2019	24.5 min2020-2024	+0.5 min	Within the margin of error	41%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%2015-2019	21.6%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Broadband subscriptions	74.3%2015-2019	90.3%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	83%
Child poverty rate	23.5%2015-2019	33.4%2020-2024	+9.9 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Effective property tax rate	1.54%2015-2019	1.34%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	59%
High school diploma or higher	92.2%2015-2019	92.3%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Home price to income ratio	1.7×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	46%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4572015-2019	0.4392020-2024	−0.018	Within the margin of error	66%
Median household income	$54,2502015-2019	$57,0742020-2024	+5.2%	Within the margin of error	12%
Poverty rate	14.7%2015-2019	18.6%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	21.0%2015-2019	21.4%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Rent-burdened households	19.6%2015-2019	28.4%2020-2024	+8.8 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.6%2015-2019	12.7%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	33%

“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 Tekamah, Nebraska five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Tekamah, 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, Tekamah, Nebraska itself moved −2 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

1,690 residents (±209)

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: 30–39 men (+3.9 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

1,690 residents (±209)

Tekamah, Nebraska
Nebraska share

White91%1,542
Black0.1%†2
Hispanic or Latino4.2%†71

Education

1,203 residents (±122)

Tekamah, Nebraska
Nebraska share

No high school diploma7.7%†93
High school or GED34%414
Some college25%300

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

722 households (±93)

Tekamah, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under $25k19%†138
$25k–50k20%†145
$50k–75k21%†154
$75k–100k13%†93
$100k–150k14%†99
$150k–200k6.1%†44
$200k or more6.8%†49

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+4.9 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

722 households (±93)

Tekamah, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Own72%520
Rent28%202

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−6.2 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

165 households (±44)

Tekamah, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under $75068%†113
$750–1,00015%†25
$1,000–1,50016%†27

Home values

520 homes (±69)

Tekamah, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under $150k56%289
$150k–250k30%155
$250k–400k11%†56

Age of homes

771 homes (±95)

Tekamah, Nebraska
Nebraska share

2010 or later3.1%†24
2000–20094.4%†34
1980–199915%†119

Size of homes

771 homes (±95)

Tekamah, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom8.0%†62
2 bedrooms32%247

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

742 workers (±110)

Tekamah, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Drive alone67%499
Carpool18%†137
Public transit0.0%0
Walk4.9%†36
Bike0.9%†7
Work from home7.7%†57
Other0.8%†6

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−17.1 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

685 workers (±108)

Tekamah, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under 15 min42%285
15–29 min13%†87
30–44 min19%†129

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 Burt County, the county holding most of Tekamah's residents.

Burt County has 192 employer establishments, 286 for every 10,000 residents (1.15× the US rate of 248; 1.01× Nebraska's), with 1,137 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,145. The Census Bureau also counts 529 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 192; 529 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 286; US 248 · Nebraska 284
Paid employees: 1,137
Average annual pay: $45,145; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	25	37.3	2.41×More than typical	71	$37,958	50
Truck transportation	14	20.9	4.13×More than typical	42	$32,833	36
Building equipment contractors	13	19.4	3.22×More than typical	38	$41,737	9
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	10	14.9	4.51×More than typical	29	$44,621	7
Construction of buildings	9	13.4	1.77×Too few to compare	18	$60,111	12
Insurance agencies and brokerages	9	13.4	3.05×Too few to compare	16	$48,813	9
Religious organizations	8	11.9	2.15×Too few to compare	29	$8,276	—
Ambulatory health care services	7	10.4	0.50×Too few to compare	34	$66,735	10
Restaurants and other eating places	7	10.4	0.57×Too few to compare	36	$12,111	—
Full-service restaurants	6	8.9	1.16×Too few to compare	36	$11,694	—
Gasoline stations	6	8.9	2.76×Too few to compare	65	$44,462	—
Lessors of real estate	6	8.9	0.73×Too few to compare	6	$15,000	69

Rank places for an industry Open Burt County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 6,710 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 -$35.55 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Tekamah, Nebraska: -$0.02 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: -$35.55; −101% vs FY2025
Per resident: -$0.02; 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

Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$2890.0%

Top recipients

BURT COUNTY PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT$2890.0%
BLACKHAWK CONSTRUCTION LLC-$3250.0%

Spending by fiscal year

313.3FY2017
11.5KFY2018
-4.3KFY2020
-125.5FY2021
1.2KFY2023
263.4FY2024
5.8KFY2025
-35.6FY2026

Top industries (NAICS)

Electric power generation, transmission and distribution · 2211$2890.0%

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 Tekamah, Nebraska, so they do not add up across cities.

Tekamah, Nebraska's figures are part of those of Burt County, NE ($311.8K in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Burt 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.

Tekamah, 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.

Burt County85100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Burt 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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