Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety42#1,799/3,096
Economy53#1,485/3,143
Housing42#1,826/3,140
Health70#940/3,144
Healthcare52#1,496/3,143
Environment83#531/3,108
Education70#959/3,144
Infrastructure49#1,591/3,144
Community85#460/3,144
Leisure & amenities88#386/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.0 µg/m³
98/100Nebraska 5.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Depression · low18.5%
96/100Nebraska 18.7%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Average commute time · low15.6 min
96/100Nebraska 19.2 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Frequent mental distress · low15.5%
94/100Nebraska 15.3%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Median Air Quality Index · low23
94/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Drug overdose deaths · low11.0 /100k
94/100Nebraska 6.6 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data

Weaknesses

Drought exposure · high94%
6/100Nebraska 61%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Mental health care shortage · high19.0
7/100Nebraska 7.2United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Violent crime rate · high488 /100k
9/100Nebraska 218 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Distance to an airport · high148 mi
9/100Nebraska 65 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Effective property tax rate · high1.39%
10/100Nebraska 1.44%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Property crime rate · high1,681 /100k
13/100Nebraska 1,379 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation

Trends

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

New homes permittedImproving
0.3 /1k (2021) → 1.3 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+416%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Violent crime rateWorsening
255 /100k (2020) → 488 /100k (2025)
+91%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k
Drought exposureWorsening
81% (2021) → 93% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+13 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
68.4% (2010 & 2021) → 80.8% (2022 & 2024)
+12 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Suicide rateImproving
42.1 /100k (2019) → 23.4 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−44%7 yearsUS 14.5 /100k → 14.1 /100k
Grocery storesImproving
1.4 /10k (2020) → 2.0 /10k (2025)
+42%5 yearsUS 1.7 /10k → 1.7 /10k

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, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska improved on 10 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 19 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved10

Weekly wage+29%$801 → $1,034
Uninsured−2.2 points11.5% → 9.3%
Bachelor's++4.1 points22.9% → 27.0%
Students / teacher−1.3×14.9× → 13.6×
Household income+28%$50,263 → $64,569

Declined1

Violent crime+91%255 /100k → 488 /100k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.4 /10k2020	5.1 /10k2025	+14%	Within the margin of error	64%
Average commute time	14.3 min2015-2019	15.6 min2020-2024	+1.3 min	Within the margin of error	32%
Average weekly wage	$8012020	$1,0342025	+29%	Improved	80%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%2015-2019	27.0%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Improved	73%
Broadband subscriptions	77.7%2015-2019	85.7%2020-2024	+7.9 points	Improved	32%
Child poverty rate	16.9%2019	15.1%2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Distance to an airport	148 mi2020	148 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	7.8 /100k2020	11.0 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+41%	Within the margin of error	7%
Effective property tax rate	1.55%2015-2019	1.39%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Firearm deaths	14.4 /100k2020	16.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+15%	Within the margin of error	28%
Grocery stores	1.4 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	+42%	Within the margin of error	94%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.4 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	+22%	Within the margin of error	73%
High school diploma or higher	88.0%2015-2019	90.8%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	2.6×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	82%
Homicide rate	6.2 /100k2020	3.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−42%	Within the margin of error	66%
Income adjusted for local prices	$51,8712019	$69,7372024	+34%	Improved	66%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4522015-2019	0.4482020-2024	−0.004	Within the margin of error	61%
Median household income	$50,2632019	$64,5692024	+28%	Improved	68%
New business applications	6.7 /1k2020	9.1 /1k2025	+36%	Improved	39%
Pharmacies	0.8 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	+1.3%	Within the margin of error	74%
Poverty rate	13.0%2019	11.0%2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Property crime rate	2,003 /100k2020	1,681 /100k2025	−16%	Improved	22%
Public libraries	1.7 /10k2019	1.7 /10k2024	−0.2%	Within the margin of error	56%
Rent as share of income	28.1%2015-2019	29.5%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Rent-burdened households	45.4%2015-2019	49.0%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Restaurants and bars	11.1 /10k2020	11.0 /10k2025	−1.2%	Within the margin of error	45%
Students per teacher	14.9×2019	13.6×2024	−1.3×	Improved	73%
Traffic deaths	15.0 /100k2015-2019	14.5 /100k2020-2024	−3%	Within the margin of error	59%
Unemployment rate	4.5%2020	3.4%2025	−1.1 points	Improved	15%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.5%2019	9.3%2024	−2.2 points	Improved	72%
Violent crime rate	255 /100k2020	488 /100k2025	+91%	Declined	5%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Scotts Bluff County, 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, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska itself moved +0.1 points in standing on average over the same 31 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

35,843 residents

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

15,078 households (±275)

Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under $25k18%2,713
$25k–50k22%3,245
$50k–75k19%2,836

Homes

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

Owners and renters

15,078 households (±275)

Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Own69%10,451
Rent31%4,627

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

17,246 workers (±519)

Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Drive alone82%14,130
Carpool8.6%1,489
Public transit0.1%†10

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 Scottsbluff, 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.

Scotts Bluff County has 1,017 employer establishments, 285 for every 10,000 residents (1.15× the US rate of 248; 1.00× Nebraska's), with 12,822 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,367. The Census Bureau also counts 2,733 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,017; 2,733 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 285; US 248 · Nebraska 284
Paid employees: 12,822
Average annual pay: $44,367; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	80	22.4	1.08×About typical	898	$72,245	116
Restaurants and other eating places	79	22.1	1.20×About typical	1,361	$19,375	15
Specialty trade contractors	66	18.5	1.19×About typical	515	$50,868	227
Truck transportation	40	11.2	2.22×More than typical	288	$56,691	131
Religious organizations	37	10.4	1.87×More than typical	201	$20,055	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	36	10.1	2.00×More than typical	136	$43,603	60
Limited-service restaurants	36	10.1	1.26×More than typical	666	$21,545	6
Full-service restaurants	34	9.5	1.24×About typical	616	$17,869	7
Insurance agencies and brokerages	32	9	2.04×More than typical	124	$53,847	43
Lessors of real estate	32	9	0.73×Fewer than typical	53	$34,151	297
Offices of other health practitioners	30	8.4	1.38×More than typical	158	$51,772	55
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	27	7.6	2.40×More than typical	218	$56,674	58

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 35,701 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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $9.7M on contracts performed in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska: $273 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $9.7M; −11% vs FY2025
Per resident: $273; US $1,994
Sole-source: 1.4%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Agricultural Marketing Service$6.8M69%
Department of Veterans Affairs$1.6M17%
Defense Logistics Agency$1.2M12%
Department of Energy$155.3K1.6%
Federal Aviation Administration$29.4K0.3%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$10.2K0.1%

Top recipients

KELLEY BEAN CO INC$6.8M69%
STERLING MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC$1.6M16%
LEGACY COOPERATIVE$1.2M12%
COMPLETE CONCRETE, INC.$79.5K0.8%
SYSCOM, INC$75.7K0.8%
ICD BUILDERS, INCORPORATED

Spending by fiscal year

3.3MFY2017
7.2MFY2018
8.6MFY2019
3.9MFY2020
3.9MFY2021
2.5MFY2022
7.5MFY2023
10.5M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other food manufacturing · 3119$6.8M69%
Outpatient care centers · 6214$1.6M16%
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing · 3241$1.2M12%
Utility system construction · 2371$79.5K0.8%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$75.7K0.8%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$29.4K

Largest awards

COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000010851/4100032553/BEANS GREAT NORTHERN DRY PKG-24/1 LB$3.8M
KELLEY BEAN CO INC· Scotts Bluff County, NE· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 15, 2025 – Nov 26, 2025· 123J1425C1546
COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011488/4100035047/BEANS DRY SPLIT PEA GREEN PKG-12/2LB,BEANS PINTO DRY PKG-12/2 LB,BEANS BLACK TURTLE DRY PKG-12/2 LB,LENTILS DRY PKG 12/2 LB$2.9M
KELLEY BEAN CO INC· Scotts Bluff County, NE· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· 123J1426C1987
COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011242/4100034046/BEANS PINTO DRY PKG-12/2 LB$1.9M
KELLEY BEAN CO INC· Scotts Bluff County, NE· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 23, 2026 – May 29, 2026· 123J1426C0978

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.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $284.2M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska: $7,987 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $284.2M; −0.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,987; US $12,955
Loan face value: $9.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.9%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$149M52%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$22.7M8.0%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$18.4M6.5%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$13.2M4.7%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$13.1M4.6%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$12.6M4.4%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$10.1M3.6%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$5.9M2.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$23.4M8.2%
LINCOLN, NE
SKYWEST AIRLINES INC$5.3M1.9%
SAINT GEORGE, UT
NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES$4.4M1.5%
LINCOLN, NE
COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF WESTERN NEBRASKA$4.1M1.4%
GERING, NE
EDUCATIONAL SERVICE UNIT 13

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$186.5M66%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$25.3M8.9%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$23.5M8.3%
Department of Transportation
Railroad Retirement Board$12.6M4.4%
Farm Service Agency$6.7M

Assistance by fiscal year

238MFY2021
229.1MFY2022
243.4MFY2023
247.6MFY2024
285.9MFY2025
284.2MFY2026

County aggregates

79%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska	United States
FY2017	$90.19	$1,436
FY2018	$199	$1,552
FY2019	$242	$1,654
FY2020	$110	$1,880
FY2021	$110	$1,810
FY2022	$69.78	$1,917
FY2023	$211	$2,079
FY2024	$293	$2,047
FY2025	$308	$2,165
FY2026	$273 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska	United States
FY2017	$4.61	$93.28
FY2018	$80.12	$105
FY2019	$10.75	$128
FY2020	$3.01	$145
FY2021	-$0.12	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska	United States
FY2021	$879	$5,748
FY2022	$614	$5,221
FY2023	$984	$5,364
FY2024	$788	$5,501
FY2025	$1,156	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska	United States
FY2021	$164	$298
FY2022	$124	$357
FY2023	$331	$301
FY2024	$32.67	$319
FY2025	$292	$360
FY2026	$615

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska	United States
FY2021	$114	$239
FY2022	$110	$185
FY2023	$146	$229
FY2024	$155	$229
FY2025	$152	$249
FY2026	$123

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska	United States
FY2021	$291	$2,304
FY2022	$245	$2,197
FY2023	$214	$2,274
FY2024	$181	$2,267
FY2025	$218	$2,397
FY2026	$224

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska	United States
FY2021	$1,026	$1,186
FY2022	$344	$465
FY2023	-$14.44	$76.52
FY2024	$35.94	$120
FY2025	$176	$148
FY2026	-$21.08

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska	United States
2014	−1.1%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/31157

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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.

Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

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

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Scotts Bluff County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Scottsbluff, NE57Central county

Cities and towns in Scotts Bluff County

Places whose residents live mostly in Scotts Bluff County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska	United States
2014	−4.6%	−4.2%
2015	−2.8%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.0%	+3.3%
2018	+3.7%	+6.8%
2019	+5.4%	+10.5%
2020	+10.6%	+19.4%
2021	+14.5%	+26.1%
2022	+21.1%	+30.6%
2023	+29.3%	+35.0%
2024	+37.3%	+41.0%
2025	+42.8%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska	United States
2014	−2.8%	−5.5%
2015	+0.9%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−0.2%	+4.1%
2018	+3.3%	+8.9%
2019	+8.6%	+13.5%
2020	+17.8%	+20.8%
2021	+24.7%	+32.1%
2022	+26.2%	+35.4%
2023	+36.9%	+42.9%
2024	+43.2%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska	United States
2014	0.8/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.4/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.7/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.4/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.3/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.2/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.3/1k	5.2/1k
2022	1.2/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.8/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.2/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.1/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska	United States
2014	+1.2%	−6.9%
2015	−6.9%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.3%	+4.7%
2018	+7.7%	+7.5%
2019	+7.8%	+14.0%
2020	+15.7%	+16.9%
2021	+14.1%	+21.0%
2022	+21.9%	+29.7%
2023	+23.4%	+34.9%
2024	+38.4%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska	United States
2014	−4.9% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−1.6% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.2% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+5.4% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+11.3% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+17.8% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+29.0% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+40.3% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+46.8% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+55.9% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+62.2% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska	United States
2014	3.6%	6.2%
2015	3.4%	5.3%
2016	3.7%	4.9%
2017	3.6%	4.4%
2018	3.5%	3.9%
2019	4.0%	3.7%
2020	4.5%	8.1%
2021	3.1%	5.4%
2022	2.6%	3.7%
2023	2.8%	3.6%
2024	3.2%	4.0%
2025	3.4%	4.3%

Calendar years	Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska	United States
2014	15.6%	15.5%
2015	15.1%	14.7%
2016	15.9%	14.0%
2017	13.3%	13.4%
2018	14.3%	13.1%
2019	13.0%	12.3%
2020	12.4%	11.9%
2021	13.6%	12.8%
2022	15.3%	12.6%
2023	15.5%	12.5%
2024	11.0%	12.1%

Calendar years	Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska	United States
2014	15.0%	13.5%
2015	11.8%	10.9%
2016	12.3%	10.0%
2017	11.1%	10.2%
2018	11.2%	10.4%
2019	11.5%	10.8%
2020	13.1%	10.4%
2021	10.2%	10.2%
2022	9.5%	9.5%
2023	8.5%	9.5%
2024	9.3%	9.8%

Calendar years	Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska	United States
2014	5.6/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.3/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.9/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.1/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.7/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.3/1k	10.6/1k
2020	6.7/1k	13.1/1k
2021	8.4/1k	16.2/1k
2022	7.7/1k	15.1/1k
2023	8.0/1k	16.2/1k
2024	8.7/1k	15.4/1k
2025	9.1/1k	16.6/1k

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