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Lakeview is a tiny town of 447 people in Platte County, Nebraska. It's about 60 miles from Lincoln, NE and 221 miles from Kansas City, MO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 32°F, with about 26 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $317k and rent runs about $897 a month.
447people
$317kTypical home
$897/moRent
87° / 32°Summer / winter
26"Snow
251Sunny days
89Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 447
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,228 people per sq mi
- 221 mi to Kansas City, MO
- 60 mi to Lincoln, NE
- 4 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $317k (≈$2,000/mo)
- Median rent $897/mo
- Median household income $138k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 32°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 61°F)
- 251 sunny days a year (90 totally clear)
- 114 cloudy days a year
- 34 of 90 winter days are gray
- 89 days a year with rain or snow
- 26" of snow a year
- 9 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 30 nights a year below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- Very low violent crime (92 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (660 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 40
- 35% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 31% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 17 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 55 mi to LNK airport
- 78 mi to OMA (major hub)
- 58 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 79% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1992
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,552 ft
- 819 mi to the ocean
- 123 mi to a big lake
- 65 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 79 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 10 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 22 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 14 bars within 25 mi
- 7 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 8 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 59 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 26% of Nebraska districts (reading)
- 4 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 61 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 23 mi to the nearest vet
- 15 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 43 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Platte County: R+58 in 2024
- Nebraska: R+21 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.