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Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year

Highest Price-to-Rent Ratios in Nebraska

The counties where a home costs the most years of rent. A high ratio does not mean a place is overpriced. It can also mean rents are held down, or that buyers are paying for land, schools or a view that a renter cannot get at any price. It does mean the arithmetic of buying rests more on what the house is worth later and less on what it saves you each month. Median home value over twelve months of median gross rent, both Census five-year estimates.

Where does yours land? Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.

Nebraska ranked

#County Price-to-rentMedian homeMedian rent
1 Hamilton County 25.6 yrs$238,700$776
2 Washington County 24.2 yrs$278,300$958
3 Garfield County 23.3 yrs$144,900$519
4 Wayne County 23.2 yrs$203,700$732
5 Kearney County 23.1 yrs$218,300$787
6 Hayes County 22.4 yrs$112,800$419
7 Buffalo County 21.7 yrs$236,800$911
8 Saunders County 21.6 yrs$241,100$930
9 Wheeler County 21.6 yrs$135,900$525
10 Cedar County 21.4 yrs$175,500$683
11 Polk County 21.4 yrs$177,800$692
12 Gosper County 21.2 yrs$202,700$797
13 Howard County 21.1 yrs$205,200$811
14 Cass County 20.9 yrs$247,200$987
15 Lancaster County 20.6 yrs$258,900$1,045
16 Seward County 20.0 yrs$232,400$969
17 Platte County 20.0 yrs$207,800$867
18 Phelps County 19.9 yrs$173,300$724
19 Chase County 19.9 yrs$178,700$749
20 Madison County 19.2 yrs$196,000$851
21 Frontier County 19.1 yrs$138,800$605
22 Hall County 19.0 yrs$207,900$911
23 Stanton County 18.8 yrs$184,300$817
24 Boone County 18.7 yrs$164,700$734
25 Sarpy County 18.7 yrs$287,600$1,284
26 Arthur County 18.5 yrs$188,800$850
27 Logan County 18.4 yrs$160,000$725
28 Butler County 18.3 yrs$165,700$753
29 Cuming County 18.2 yrs$174,900$800
30 Adams County 18.2 yrs$185,800$853
31 Merrick County 18.1 yrs$168,000$772
32 Gage County 18.1 yrs$167,100$770
33 Saline County 18.1 yrs$180,700$833
34 Pierce County 17.9 yrs$182,700$850
35 Dixon County 17.8 yrs$141,400$661
36 Douglas County 17.6 yrs$245,800$1,162
37 Lincoln County 17.6 yrs$183,100$867
38 Holt County 17.5 yrs$152,000$724
39 Box Butte County 17.4 yrs$161,100$771
40 Clay County 17.4 yrs$146,300$701
41 Harlan County 17.3 yrs$147,200$708
42 Rock County 17.1 yrs$124,400$608
43 Otoe County 17.0 yrs$185,000$905
44 Keith County 16.9 yrs$157,000$772
45 Custer County 16.8 yrs$160,500$794
46 Dundy County 16.8 yrs$118,200$588
47 York County 16.6 yrs$175,900$885
48 Valley County 16.5 yrs$122,200$616
49 Fillmore County 16.4 yrs$131,200$667
50 Dodge County 15.9 yrs$188,100$985
51 Sioux County 15.9 yrs$141,700$743
52 Perkins County 15.9 yrs$149,200$783
53 McPherson County 15.8 yrs$124,200$653
54 Loup County 15.5 yrs$120,700$650
55 Red Willow County 15.4 yrs$143,500$778
56 Dawson County 15.3 yrs$157,800$861
57 Burt County 15.2 yrs$125,400$688
58 Scotts Bluff County 15.1 yrs$161,400$889
59 Jefferson County 14.9 yrs$117,600$659
60 Nemaha County 14.3 yrs$125,100$727
61 Banner County 14.2 yrs$166,300$975
62 Johnson County 14.1 yrs$131,500$777
63 Knox County 14.1 yrs$116,900$692
64 Thomas County 13.7 yrs$113,000$685
65 Franklin County 13.5 yrs$99,100$613
66 Boyd County 13.3 yrs$104,000$650
67 Dakota County 13.3 yrs$168,100$1,053
68 Nance County 13.2 yrs$122,800$776
69 Antelope County 13.1 yrs$116,900$746
70 Sherman County 13.0 yrs$135,000$866
71 Cherry County 13.0 yrs$136,000$873
72 Webster County 12.6 yrs$102,000$673
73 Thurston County 12.5 yrs$105,100$698
74 Morrill County 12.5 yrs$112,000$744
75 Nuckolls County 12.3 yrs$90,900$616
76 Hooker County 12.2 yrs$85,400$581
77 Dawes County 12.0 yrs$146,500$1,014
78 Thayer County 12.0 yrs$106,200$738
79 Colfax County 11.9 yrs$128,800$902
80 Cheyenne County 11.8 yrs$129,100$912
81 Garden County 11.8 yrs$95,500$675
82 Richardson County 11.6 yrs$96,500$692
83 Greeley County 11.4 yrs$87,800$643
84 Sheridan County 11.1 yrs$102,900$771
85 Blaine County 10.8 yrs$102,100$786
86 Grant County 10.7 yrs$113,900$883
87 Kimball County 10.7 yrs$109,900$853
88 Keya Paha County 10.5 yrs$108,800$867
89 Hitchcock County 10.3 yrs$88,800$715
90 Pawnee County 10.1 yrs$74,800$616
91 Deuel County 9.8 yrs$97,200$827
92 Furnas County 9.5 yrs$91,800$805
93 Brown County 9.0 yrs$100,200$932

Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.

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