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Place dossier plate
SheetNE-CHENEY-NE · Cheney, NE 174 pop · income 79th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Cheney
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Cheney on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Bushnell · lowest
37,917
Bushnell · lowest
37,917 median HH income
33.9% of the leader · rank #1
Cheney · this city
101,932
Cheney · this city
101,932 median HH income
91.0% of the leader · rank #2
Wyoming · near
101,938
Wyoming · near
101,938 median HH income
91.0% of the leader · rank #3
Beecher · near
101,957
Beecher · near
101,957 median HH income
91.0% of the leader · rank #4
Elberfeld · near
101,964
Elberfeld · near
101,964 median HH income
91.0% of the leader · rank #5
Quogue · near
101,964
Quogue · near
101,964 median HH income
91.0% of the leader · rank #6
Downieville · highest
112,000
Downieville · highest
112,000 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Cheney on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 174.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Cheney lands in the 79th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
79th
percentile, household income
15th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Cheney, NE
Cheney is a small town in Nebraska, home to 174 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Cheney brings in $101,932 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. The median resident age is 18.3 years. 33.7% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 94.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Nebraska run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Nebraska at 90.1 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Below Average). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,001 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Nebraska's average monthly utility costs around $207 (state average). FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 25.8 out of 100 (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Cheney's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Cheney, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Cheney?
Within Nebraska, the closest population matches are Bladen (174 residents, $63,194 income); Mason City (175 residents, $49,917 income); Daykin (172 residents, $86,875 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Port Alsworth, AK (174 residents); Seldovia, AK (174 residents); Concow, CA (174 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
What does the journey to work look like in Cheney?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 71.6%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living A
90.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income B+
$101,932
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share C+
33.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Cheney profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Cost of living: 85/100 (A) · 90.1 index
Household income: 78/100 (B+) · $101,932
Bachelor's+ share: 64/100 (C+) · 33.7%
How does Cheney compare to other US cities?
Here's how Cheney stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income79% higher than other cities
Median rent15% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Cheney against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Nebraska only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Nebraska-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Cheney near the bottom of Nebraska's cities
Among the 450 Nebraska cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Cheney ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Cheney only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#18 of 439
96th percentile in Nebraska
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 450
0th percentile in Nebraska
Poverty Rate
#388 of 450
0th percentile in Nebraska
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#42 of 450
91st percentile in Nebraska
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Nebraska only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
79th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$101,932Cheney, NE median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Cheney, NE median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Cheney, NE.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)33.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)94.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
174
Median Income
$101,932
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
18.3
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
94.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
33.7%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
71.6%
Carpool
28.4%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 95 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Nebraska statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $207
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Nebraska at $207 (electricity about $100 , water and sewer about $42 ).
These are Nebraska statewide averages, not a meter reading for Cheney. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Nebraska's BEA cost-of-living index is 90.1 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Cheney is $1,001/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Nebraska statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 25.8 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Nebraska statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Cheney sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Cheney compares to similar-size Nebraska cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.