Boys Town is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Boys Town, say hello, and every post, reply and fact you add earns karma and warms the town up.
Every post, reply and helpful vote fills the heart. It always reflects the last 30 days.
What kind of neighbors does Boys Town have?
Read from the town’s members and the Census. The page puts what stands out first.
If Boys Town were 100 people, 48 would be kids under 18
Home workers make up 100 in 100 workers (NE: 11). In the decade to 2020, the population moved −45%. About 616 people live in Boys Town (2025 Census estimate). Across NE, 17 in 100 people are 65 or older; in the town, 4.
Median age 18.5 (NE 37.2).
Counted by household. Plus 13.8% of homes are seasonal.
Adults 25 and older.
Workers 16 and older.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Boys Town says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Start the first group in Boys Town
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Boys Town’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Boys Town or who have posted here. Karma counts contributions across TownRatings: a post +5, a reply +2, a confirmed guide fact +10, an old photo +10, a confirmed place +10. “This month” counts only what was added in Boys Town in the last 30 days. Town Love is a rolling 30-day score of posts, replies and helpful votes, weighted toward many voices. Who lives here: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024; rounded to 100 people.