Ranked · Pick an HQ · Nebraska
Best cities to put your HQ in Nebraska
Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Pick an HQ” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on bachelor's degree or higher, avg. weekly wage, corporate income tax, state & local income tax. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.
1.Lincoln, NE295k residents
55/100bachelor's degree or higher: 41.8% · avg. weekly wage: $1,183/wk · corporate income tax: 5.2%
2.Omaha, NE489k residents
54/100bachelor's degree or higher: 40.1% · avg. weekly wage: $1,160/wk · corporate income tax: 5.2%
3.Hastings, NE25k residents
54/100bachelor's degree or higher: 29.2% · avg. weekly wage: $1,029/wk · corporate income tax: 5.2%
4.Kearney, NE34k residents
52/100bachelor's degree or higher: 36.5% · avg. weekly wage: $1,036/wk · corporate income tax: 5.2%
5.Papillion, NE25k residents
52/100bachelor's degree or higher: 47.9% · avg. weekly wage: $1,160/wk · corporate income tax: 5.2%
6.Bellevue, NE65k residents
49/100bachelor's degree or higher: 34.4% · avg. weekly wage: $1,160/wk · corporate income tax: 5.2%
7.Fremont, NE28k residents
48/100bachelor's degree or higher: 21.9% · avg. weekly wage: $1,064/wk · corporate income tax: 5.2%
8.Norfolk, NE26k residents
45/100bachelor's degree or higher: 24% · avg. weekly wage: $1,089/wk · corporate income tax: 5.2%
9.La Vista, NE17k residents
44/100bachelor's degree or higher: 35.8% · avg. weekly wage: $1,160/wk · corporate income tax: 5.2%
10.Grand Island, NE53k residents
43/100bachelor's degree or higher: 20.9% · avg. weekly wage: $1,074/wk · corporate income tax: 5.2%
Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.
- Which city is best to put your HQ in Nebraska?
- Lincoln, NE ranks first with a fit score of 55/100, followed by Omaha (54) and Hastings (54), using the "Pick an HQ" weighting.
- How is this ranking calculated?
- Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on bachelor's degree or higher, avg. weekly wage, corporate income tax, state & local income tax, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.