Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Gibbon’s best subject grade is an A− for cost of living; its weakest is a D for hazard risk. Only 6 of Nebraska’s 133 towns score lower on hazard risk. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 79% of U.S. towns. Gibbon Baptist Church is on the National Register of Historic Places. Gibbon has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Gibbon beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Gibbon Baptist ChurchWhere Gibbon’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Nebraska), ordered by how far Gibbon is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 154 in 1880, 1,878 in 2020. The archive holds 11 old photos and papers going back to 1909 and 3 maps from 1896 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Gibbon, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Gibbon.
Its public schools are run by the Gibbon Public Schools. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gibbon Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 324 | B− |
| Gibbon High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 251 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NE on state tests and graduation
At 85 of 100, Gibbon’s FEMA risk score is above both the Nebraska town median (55 of 100) and the median of U.S. towns (44 of 100). Since 2019, 10 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Gibbon.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Gibbon for work: only 6% work in town. 5.3% of residents live below the poverty line in Gibbon, where Nebraska’s towns sit at 11% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. The average trip to work in Gibbon is 20 minutes.
| Gibbon | Nebraska towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 6.1% | 34% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.3% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 17 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Gibbon beats the Nebraska average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 21% of adults binge drink in Gibbon.
| Gibbon | Nebraska towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 19% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 23% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 9.7% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 76% | 79% |
| What stands out | Gibbon | NE |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.5% | 8.3% |
| More uninsured adults | 14.5% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Gibbon has cold winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 14° and about 22 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Gibbon home is worth about $258,000, up 4.9% in a year, 7% below the Nebraska typical home. Gibbon’s median rent is $810 a month.
| Gibbon | Nebraska towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $810 a month | $914 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 73% | 67% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Davis Park | 0.4 mi | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Gibbon. Close and well known come first.
Fort Kearny: Hanyou23, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pioneer Village: Rolf Blauert Dk4hb, Public domain · Museum of Nebraska Art: Ammodramus, Public domain
1 within 15 miles of the center of Gibbon
About 4 of every 100 Gibbon residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Nebraska.
City in Nebraska, United States
Gibbon is a city in Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Kearney, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Gibbon had a population of 1,878.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
2 notable people were born here, including Dick Cavett and Albert Blue.
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