NE area data
Melbeta, NE
Melbeta, NE.
Population: 146 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 431.4 (+2.1% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Below Average)
- 90.1 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 12.3¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $11.40/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Low
- Top hazards
- drought, hail, winterWeather, coldWave, iceStorm
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 49.0°F
- Average high
- 64.0°F
- Average low
- 33.0°F
- Annual precipitation
- 17.4 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 16
- Days with Good air quality
- 284
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 2
- Nearest national park
- Scotts Bluff National Monument (13 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Corr Airport (4 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Western Neb. Rgnl/William B. Heilig Airport (BFF) (10 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 4
- Avg hospital rating
- 1.0 / 5
- Solar radiation rating
- Good (4.6 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,943
- Median annual property tax
- $1,063
- Households with broadband internet
- 79.7%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 12,743
- Average weekly wage
- $921
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Accommodation & Food, Construction
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 44
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