These Are The 10 Snobbiest Places In Nebraska


We used science and data to determine which cities in MT probably think they’re better than you.

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When it comes to being a snob, you’ve got all types. You’ve got your wine snobs, beer snobs, and food snobs. There are book snobs, movie snobs, and theatre (yes, with an re) snobs. These days, you’ve probably even got snob snobs—people who think their type of snob is better than yours.

Over in Nebraska, you might not think of folks as ‘snobby’ as the others in the northeast. But, they’re out there, for sure. Especially in certain areas of Nebraska, where you can call these true midwesterners snooty or even just plain loaded if you will.

In fact, in these 10 places, it’s downright snobby:

  1. Papillion (Photos)
  2. Gretna (Photos)
  3. Bennington
  4. Chalco
  5. Bellevue (Photos)
  6. Waverly (Photos)
  7. Lincoln (Photos)
  8. Blair (Photos)
  9. La Vista (Photos)
  10. Seward (Photos)

Now we’re not so full of ourselves as to just come up with this list from nowhere. We actually analyzed 83 places in the state. And we’re not saying there’s anything wrong with these cities.

Actually, if we had their wealth and lifestyle, we’d probably be a little snobby, too.

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How we determined the snobbiest places in Nebraska

You think we’d just come up with this list willy nilly? Not a chance.

What we did is, we gathered up all of the places in Nebraska with populations of 1,500 people or more. This left us with a total of 83 places. Then, we looked at each place in terms of these snoot-er-iffic criteria: (And no, it’s not a word. English snob.)

  • Median home price (Higher is snobbier)
  • Median household income (Higher is snobbier)
  • Percent of population with a college degree (Higher is snobbier)
  • Private schools per capita (Higher is snobbier)
  • Theaters per capita (Higher is snobbier)
  • Art galleries per capita (Higher is snobbier)

From there, we ranked each of our 83 places in each category with scores from one to 83. We then averaged each place’s ranking into one overall score, where the lowest score went to the snobbiest place in Nebraska. So let’s all flip a table in honor of Papillion (with our pinkies up, of course.)

Now before you get upset and ruin your blowout or something drastic here, let’s remember that this is all in good fun. Would we live in one of these 10 places if we had the chance? Of course we would!

Now, let’s put on your monocle and take a look at what make these places so snobby; for a more complete list, just hop down to the end of the post.

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1. Papillion

Population: 21,930
Median household income: $73,373
Median home price: $186,000
College degrees: 26%

2. Gretna

Source: Public domain

Population: 5,395
Median household income: $77,620
Median home price: $181,000
College degrees: 25%

3. Bennington

Population: 1,443
Median household income: $71,389
Median home price: $165,200
College degrees: 25%

4. Chalco

Source: Public Domain

Population: 10,930
Median household income: $67,293
Median home price: $136,293
College degrees: 24%

5. Bellevue

Source: Public domain

Population: 53,950
Median household income: $58,893
Median home price: $137,283
College degrees: 18%

6. Waverly

Source: Public domain

Population: 3,825
Median household income: $70,293
Median home price: $141,000
College degrees: 18%

7. Lincoln

Population: 268,500
Median household income: $50,903
Median home price: $140,292
College degrees: 26%

8. Blair

Source: Public domain

Population: 8,000
Median household income: $57,034
Median home price: $125,933
College degrees: 25%

9. La Vista

Population: 17,566
Median household income: $60,293
Median home price: $132,293
College degrees: 21%

10. Seward

Source: Public domain

Population: 7,286
Median household income: $60,223
Median home price: $134,293
College degrees: 18%

Summing Up The Humble Pie

Sure, we might have poked a little harmless fun at these 10 snobby places in Nebraska, but hey, it’s only because we’re jealous. High incomes, expensive homes, and excellent educations? That sounds pretty charming to us. Who wouldn’t want that!

If you’re interested, here are the least snobby places in Nebraska: Tecumseh, Fairbury, Wymore, Superior and Fullerton.
Desktop users, there’s a chart below with all snobby cities in Nebraska ranked from first to last.

City Home Prices Rank
papillion $186,400 1
gretna $181,300 2
bennington $165,700 3
chalco $136,400 4
bellevue $137,400 5
waverly $141,300 6
lincoln $131,600 7
blair $125,200 8
la vista $131,500 9
seward $134,800 10
hickman $122,200 11
kearney $141,700 12
omaha $130,700 13
ralston $129,000 14
ashland $131,700 14
wahoo $109,700 16
fremont $242,800 17
aurora $100,000 18
sidney $101,800 19
gering $107,000 20
woodland park $90,200 21
imperial $88,000 22
columbus $115,200 23
minden $85,400 24
plattsmouth $103,700 24
valley $150,300 26
sutherland $108,500 26
milford $125,200 26
wayne $99,000 26
york $96,600 30
norfolk $121,300 31
gibbon $108,700 32
pierce $84,700 33
valentine $96,100 34
grand island $125,400 35
gothenburg $81,800 36
nebraska city $96,700 37
holdrege $91,800 38
dakota city $95,600 39
auburn $86,700 40
o’neill $91,300 41
sutton $82,100 42
hastings $93,200 43
north platte $96,500 43
chadron $93,900 43
alliance $89,000 46
scottsbluff $92,200 46
wilber $91,200 48
st. paul $89,500 48
Beatrice $97,000 50
west point $82,900 51
mccook $80,700 52
syracuse $113,000 53
david city $86,700 53
ord $76,900 55
geneva $82,600 56
neligh $67,400 57
bridgeport $74,800 58
ogallala $85,700 59
cozad $75,600 60
hartington $88,400 61
crete $99,100 62
tekamah $90,900 63
broken bow $68,700 64
schuyler $88,700 64
south sioux city $94,500 66
central city $82,100 67
stanton $81,500 68
madison $68,100 69
albion $85,100 70
lexington $81,700 70
falls city $62,400 72
ainsworth $56,900 73
kimball $71,200 74
gordon $55,600 75
mitchell $80,100 76
hebron $73,000 77
wakefield $70,500 78
fullerton $49,400 78
superior $52,800 80
wymore $48,900 81
fairbury $60,600 81
tecumseh $68,300 83

About Nick Johnson

Nick Johnson earned his masters in Business Administration from the Drucker School At Claremont Graduate University. He has written for 39 publications across the country and ran the media relations department at Movoto, a real estate portal based in San Francisco. He has been featured in over 500 publications as an expert in real estate and as an authority on real estate trends.

Nick's the creator of the HomeSnacks YouTube channel that now has over 260,000 subscribers and is an excellent source to learn about different parts of the country.