Cost of Living in Nebraska

593 cities · Total population 1,583,902

Page updated: · Data vintage: 2023 ACS 5-Year
Sources: Census ACS·Tax Foundation·BLS · Methodology
Median Home Value
$223,800
-27% vs national
Median Rent
$1,035/mo
-21% vs national
Median Income
$74,985
+1% vs national
Unemployment Rate
3.0%
-38% vs national

Nebraska at a Glance

The median home value in Nebraska is $223,800, 27% below the national median of $305,000. Additionally, median rent is $1,035/mo (21% below the $1,314 national figure), and median household income is $74,985 (1% higher than the national $74,580), and the unemployment rate sits at 3.0% (38% below the 4.8% national average).

State Tax Rates

Income Tax
5.8%
State Sales Tax
5.5%
Total Sales Tax
6.9%
Property Tax Rate
1.7%

All Cities in Nebraska

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City Population Med. Income Home Value
Omaha 488,197 $72,708 $230,100
Lincoln 291,932 $69,991 $248,200
Bellevue 64,355 $87,343 $230,800
Grand Island 52,761 $62,439 $202,600
Kearney 34,024 $69,790 $235,800
Fremont 27,321 $67,179 $194,400
Norfolk 25,962 $62,175 $199,100
Hastings 25,005 $61,202 $177,200
Columbus 24,188 $67,212 $198,900
Papillion 24,063 $109,602 $290,900
North Platte 23,030 $57,805 $159,500
La Vista 16,594 $78,145 $244,900
Scottsbluff 14,406 $53,448 $141,300
South Sioux City 13,871 $68,397 $160,900
Beatrice 12,233 $54,583 $152,900
Lexington 10,693 $62,364 $155,200
Chalco 10,625 $81,427 $224,400
Gretna 9,117 $118,765 $326,000
Gering 8,567 $70,244 $170,700
York 8,114 $62,632 $170,900
Alliance 8,089 $65,599 $156,300
Blair 7,868 $76,292 $211,000
Seward 7,665 $70,000 $232,500
Crete 7,521 $76,258 $203,900
McCook 7,360 $51,815 $137,400
Nebraska City 7,287 $67,993 $147,800
Plattsmouth 6,680 $64,296 $171,900
Schuyler 6,517 $78,380 $129,600
Ralston 6,445 $65,557 $215,800
Sidney 6,396 $51,704 $137,300
Wayne 6,055 $52,804 $198,600
Offutt AFB 5,663 $67,803
Holdrege 5,503 $55,263 $166,600
Chadron 5,207 $54,026 $153,300
Wahoo 4,885 $81,544 $227,100
Ogallala 4,800 $55,481 $135,500
Aurora 4,665 $71,051 $221,700
Waverly 4,363 $110,000 $290,000
Falls City 4,099 $45,750 $91,900
Cozad 3,944 $50,161 $118,600
Fairbury 3,905 $51,782 $90,800
O'Neill 3,574 $66,458 $130,900
Broken Bow 3,524 $56,438 $124,600
West Point 3,479 $63,977 $209,200
Auburn 3,468 $58,674 $98,900
Gothenburg 3,436 $79,519 $173,200
Valley 3,113 $106,750 $515,100
Ashland 3,083 $80,948 $229,100
Central City 3,039 $62,012 $158,300
Minden 3,020 $64,846 $188,100
David City 3,013 $66,585 $158,800
Dakota City 2,980 $80,433 $170,200
Hickman 2,834 $104,219 $294,200
Milford 2,656 $80,997 $225,200
Valentine 2,632 $53,438 $135,600
St. Paul 2,574 $58,493 $184,400
Bennington 2,417 $98,375 $337,600
Geneva 2,214 $79,750 $156,900
Beaver Lake 2,198 $136,364 $384,500
Ord 2,186 $53,274 $109,500
Imperial 2,182 $71,667 $176,700
Wilber 2,178 $80,227 $154,700
Kimball 2,153 $57,153 $105,700
Madison 2,074 $56,932 $116,000
Pierce 1,986 $64,167 $157,600
Syracuse 1,964 $70,625 $190,000
Tecumseh 1,844 $46,127 $104,300
Superior 1,833 $61,852 $69,300
Stanton 1,824 $73,571 $161,300
Mitchell 1,804 $50,250 $114,900
Hartington 1,736 $78,304 $169,000
Albion 1,733 $70,761 $210,800
Tekamah 1,691 $54,139 $113,900
Woodland Park 1,648 $77,880 $161,500
Gordon 1,646 $58,906 $93,300
Gibbon 1,643 $69,762 $151,700
Hebron 1,641 $61,207 $117,400
Neligh 1,636 $60,000 $145,100
Ainsworth 1,632 $51,667 $90,500
Springfield 1,620 $92,153 $237,300
Oakland 1,572 $66,202 $150,600
Yutan 1,535 $89,531 $184,900
Bayard 1,509 $61,818 $107,900
Battle Creek 1,478 $93,750 $188,100
Fullerton 1,463 $54,375 $120,700
Arlington 1,437 $95,278 $222,500
Wisner 1,436 $66,875 $134,800
Atkinson 1,433 $72,857 $147,600
Wood River 1,426 $76,591 $131,400
Bridgeport 1,403 $59,643 $100,600
Louisville 1,393 $97,115 $204,700
Grant 1,392 $70,000 $148,800
Buccaneer Bay 1,361 $140,517 $316,000
Ceresco 1,355 $103,906 $186,300
Shelton 1,354 $75,781 $137,100
Ravenna 1,352 $64,844 $129,600
Sutton 1,349 $80,714 $151,300
Wakefield 1,288 $57,500 $110,300
Wymore 1,287 $56,051 $57,600
Pender 1,262 $67,419 $165,900
Fort Calhoun 1,246 $96,071 $271,600
Weeping Water 1,244 $67,083 $191,600
Plainview 1,241 $56,100 $86,900
North Bend 1,225 $84,345 $162,700
Sutherland 1,224 $73,750 $176,500
Creighton 1,199 $53,167 $103,700
Alma 1,176 $68,333 $158,200
Bennet 1,174 $100,417 $252,400
Elm Creek 1,146 $75,625 $197,100
Cairo 1,117 $55,179 $184,000
Utica 1,092 $81,797 $179,700
Eagle 1,089 $76,500 $161,800
Friend 1,085 $84,861 $171,200
Hooper 1,078 $75,800 $168,100
Cambridge 1,036 $60,066 $104,800
Burwell 1,020 $64,821 $125,000
Arapahoe 1,010 $63,173 $95,000
Stromsburg 1,007 $61,182 $159,100
Harvard 1,001 $67,813 $98,400
Red Cloud 991 $50,536 $64,800
Loup City 988 $50,625 $101,500
Tilden 977 $66,731 $116,900
Crawford 957 $58,438 $75,600
Waterloo 950 $75,417 $218,400
Laurel 947 $56,250 $152,500
Benkelman 946 $42,500 $84,800
Newman Grove 934 $57,000 $82,500
Pawnee City 930 $38,611 $57,000
Crofton 920 $80,000 $119,000
Henderson 918 $76,538 $142,700
Emerson 912 $58,125 $100,700
Doniphan 910 $77,250 $203,400
Franklin 908 $51,121 $93,800
Randolph 903 $76,591 $122,500
Rushville 890 $49,250 $82,500
Walthill 889 $63,702 $48,000
Arnold 887 $63,214 $118,200
Bloomfield 870 $58,500 $78,500
Osceola 867 $85,673 $143,800
Morrill 852 $41,848 $123,300
Winnebago 852 $39,044 $60,400
Kenesaw 850 $89,063 $171,100
Chappell 843 $54,758 $88,000
Macy 795 $29,219
Blue Hill 794 $62,273 $162,500
Genoa 788 $62,604 $114,400
Humboldt 780 $45,500 $68,500
Oshkosh 775 $40,865 $83,800
Beemer 772 $65,250 $100,500
Deshler 772 $60,000 $96,800
Elmwood 765 $81,250 $176,600
Boys Town 763 $72,000
Curtis 761 $52,500 $144,400
Cedar Bluffs 760 $82,031 $148,200
Lyons 751 $38,333 $101,100
Clay Center 750 $75,833 $148,300
Axtell 744 $64,196 $192,400
Hemingford 744 $64,356 $86,400
McCool Junction 740 $115,833 $138,500
Scribner 735 $54,500 $102,200
Minatare 731 $45,938 $76,100
Terrytown 730 $43,750 $100,000
Oxford 724 $49,539 $80,900
Shelby 709 $75,795 $112,200
Ponca 707 $53,077 $173,800
Humphrey 701 $69,732 $224,000
Peru 691 $41,875 $85,900
Sterling 685 $72,083 $120,700
Bertrand 684 $72,266 $129,900
Juniata 684 $54,722 $135,300
Osmond 681 $69,659 $127,500
Overton 676 $56,625 $107,600
Hershey 671 $79,375 $150,000
Glenwood 663 $283,100
Hay Springs 659 $45,833 $91,900
Duncan 650 $58,875 $150,000
Paxton 643 $73,750 $114,700
Palmyra 642 $81,458 $160,900
Culbertson 635 $47,361 $82,500
Cortland 629 $68,250 $173,400
Walton 624 $48,725 $491,100
Bassett 622 $42,125 $83,800
Dorchester 622 $59,583 $140,100
Elgin 620 $53,661 $98,000
Clarkson 609 $64,219 $74,200
Callaway 608 $50,938 $157,600
Ansley 605 $70,694 $81,500
Howells 602 $72,188 $104,500
Mead 600 $73,500 $151,600
Edgar 591 $50,938 $83,400
Bancroft 590 $46,563 $89,300
Wausa 587 $68,125 $79,400
St. Edward 586 $52,132 $106,000
Alda 585 $50,000 $86,500
Fairmont 584 $67,404 $65,000
Verdigre 576 $41,250 $85,200
Inglewood 574 $64,722 $117,100
Nickerson 572 $117,500 $74,800
Pleasanton 554 $68,194 $201,900
Stuart 553 $72,386 $118,900
Valparaiso 553 $72,750 $190,500
Decatur 552 $49,028 $78,800
Elwood 535 $68,500 $150,700
Coleridge 531 $50,417 $81,000
Winside 520 $66,429 $104,200
Firth 517 $89,044 $226,100
Wauneta 515 $46,518 $86,300
Adams 513 $82,917 $194,400
Greenwood 511 $99,000 $169,200
Exeter 505 $63,000 $106,800
Beaver City 494 $40,625 $65,300
Hampton 493 $80,208 $174,500
Giltner 491 $75,833 $191,100
Cedar Rapids 484 $50,125 $77,800
Big Springs 479 $63,750 $94,900
Nelson 478 $54,408 $72,900
Dalton 470 $65,000 $89,500
Trenton 468 $47,500 $67,600
Bellwood 460 $70,795 $116,000
Indianola 460 $49,615 $85,500
Brady 456 $78,393 $151,400
Leigh 451 $68,068 $89,000
Murray 449 $69,583 $188,200
Dodge 448 $60,000 $115,600
Allen 447 $53,125 $111,600
Lakeview 446 $133,265 $238,600
Palmer 446 $54,861 $102,900
Hildreth 444 $57,500 $121,400
Greeley Center 434 $45,625 $58,600
Malcolm 428 $84,712 $239,800
Eustis 427 $91,750 $124,500
De Witt 426 $82,292 $112,200
Sargent 425 $46,250 $67,300
Petersburg 423 $73,750 $134,100
Mullen 419 $45,610 $81,900
Chambers 418 $54,167 $83,800
Cedar Creek 415 $115,781 $375,000
Scotia 412 $51,250 $89,000
Bartley 396 $61,875 $86,200
Homer 392 $88,125 $140,300
Kennard 392 $97,604 $156,700
Spalding 389 $54,250 $92,200
Ewing 386 $59,417 $55,700
Merna 380 $73,500 $107,500
Sumner 379 $66,875 $88,400
Bradshaw 377 $70,919 $98,300
Phillips 376 $78,750 $140,400
Shickley 376 $78,125 $158,500
Plymouth 367 $54,375 $85,000
Lyman 366 $52,621 $59,100
Prague 366 $92,857 $95,500
Niobrara 365 $38,977 $91,300
Cook 361 $65,313 $83,200
Butte 357 $52,500 $66,700
Glenvil 356 $55,625 $85,000
Herman 355 $77,869 $113,800
Oakdale 351 $58,750 $43,700
Stapleton 349 $66,875 $101,300
Arcadia 347 $82,273 $118,200
Long Pine 347 $38,750 $58,800
Orchard 346 $48,281 $77,900
Snyder 345 $80,625 $90,500
Loomis 341 $71,750 $132,300
Silver Creek 341 $57,321 $83,800
Unadilla 340 $67,500 $140,800
Fairfield 339 $59,500 $122,500
Clarks 337 $55,625 $92,000
Stratton 337 $33,611 $52,900
Orleans 335 $60,000 $55,000
Polk 331 $53,182 $80,300
Wilcox 331 $75,357 $111,100
Benedict 330 $60,938 $94,100
Newcastle 329 $76,250 $101,800
Platte Center 327 $74,833 $118,900
Table Rock 327 $52,500 $64,200
Chapman 325 $89,000 $114,300
Beaver Crossing 324 $65,357 $132,700
Palisade 321 $57,159 $65,000
Hadar 320 $75,521 $210,000
Clatonia 311 $60,750 $126,700
Johnson 311 $58,646 $100,800
St. Libory 311 $82,857 $156,800
Davenport 299 $68,333 $82,000
Lindsay 298 $77,500 $162,500
Spencer 298 $55,469 $85,800
Guide Rock 295 $44,286 $47,200
Staplehurst 295 $80,379 $65,600
Hallam 292 $96,250 $259,600
Riverdale 291 $81,000 $131,300
Carroll 289 $56,563 $94,300
Pilger 288 $63,125 $117,000
Brule 287 $47,404 $101,100
Litchfield 287 $58,438 $84,500
Weston 287 $64,375 $166,700
Trumbull 286 $112,708 $134,700
Potter 285 $62,083 $105,100
Milligan 284 $55,000 $83,800
Bee 281 $95,250 $121,800
Jackson 281 $84,063 $195,800
Brainard 279 $73,750 $158,700
Roseland 277 $70,938 $157,700
Chester 274 $54,875 $72,600
Wolbach 274 $48,438 $56,400
Amherst 273 $67,917 $169,600
Hoskins 272 $77,500 $142,900
Wallace 272 $55,625 $101,500
Campbell 271 $66,000 $55,900
Rising City 270 $74,375 $110,000
Holbrook 269 $60,750 $76,300
Dix 268 $54,097 $110,200
Bruning 267 $70,833 $101,700
North Loup 263 $49,141 $55,000
Douglas 261 $82,500 $111,700
Hayes Center 258 $70,208 $83,300
Gresham 257 $42,500 $68,300
Marquette 257 $62,083 $107,700
Woodland Hills 256 $134,022 $419,400
Gurley 253 $59,313 $75,400
Madrid 253 $71,750 $101,300
Rosalie 252 $80,000 $47,900
Yankee Hill 250 $81,107 $250,800
Maywood 248 $56,500 $92,100
Monroe 248 $66,250 $115,000
Odell 248 $70,000 $88,300
Dunbar 246 $88,750 $57,600
Pleasant Dale 244 $64,676 $176,800
Clearwater 240 $61,667 $77,500
Uehling 240 $67,500 $97,500
Union 239 $57,500 $109,400
Murdock 235 $76,250 $178,600
Santee 235 $41,750 $46,300
Fordyce 234 $81,250 $101,400
Dwight 233 $79,167 $122,900
Blue Springs 232 $34,375 $43,900
Western 232 $46,667 $61,700
Maxwell 230 $78,750 $89,700
Garland 228 $60,000 $156,700
Otoe 228 $36,548 $39,200
Goehner 225 $93,583 $154,200
Panama 223 $89,583 $196,000
Springview 223 $40,625 $80,600
Lodgepole 221 $38,125 $65,000
Lawrence 217 $72,500 $81,300
Thedford 215 $73,867 $78,800
Ashton 213 $57,750 $72,000
Dannebrog 213 $56,250 $117,000
Funk 212 $79,000 $160,200
Overland 212 $109,327 $484,800
Wynot 212 $76,618 $110,400
Belgrade 211 $40,000
Center 210 $55,625 $73,000
Verdon 208 $54,583 $45,700
Meadow Grove 207 $56,250 $68,200
Manley 205 $70,000 $203,600
Hordville 201 $83,700
Shubert 201 $57,000
Lewellen 198 $60,625 $79,100
Harrison 196 $48,571 $68,100
Dawson 193 $58,317
Stamford 191 $32,917 $51,400
Pickrell 190 $66,250 $170,800
Hubbard 188 $57,250 $170,800
Raymond 187 $91,250 $177,100
Avoca 186 $71,563 $142,700
Talmage 186 $60,000 $51,700
Diller 183 $75,750 $75,400
Elba 181 $39,063 $96,000
Carleton 180 $79,118 $87,300
Cody 180 $68,594 $102,100
Rockville 180 $41,042 $60,000
Washington 178 $88,333 $184,700
Bushnell 177 $37,917 $57,500
Ruskin 177 $78,269 $90,900
Mason City 175 $49,917 $175,700
Bladen 174 $63,194 $63,900
Cheney 174 $101,932
Daykin 172 $86,875 $101,000
Roca 172 $90,500 $191,700
Howard City (Boelus) 170 $61,250 $78,800
Oconto 170 $57,500
Farnam 169 $46,500 $72,100
Edison 167 $60,476 $35,600
Nehawka 167 $86,250 $116,800
Concord 166 $83,750 $89,500
Octavia 166 $65,417 $112,500
Venango 166 $70,313 $56,400
Endicott 165 $74,444 $71,800
Bartlett 162 $52,500 $85,600
Haigler 162 $46,667 $72,500
Holstein 161 $69,271 $97,500
Lake Waconda 161 $140,221 $339,200
Lynch 161 $37,014 $58,500
Brunswick 160 $86,250 $108,300
Hardy 157 $60,313 $14,400
Ulysses 157 $78,125 $29,900
Du Bois 156 $43,750 $57,000
Waco 155 $80,417 $140,000
Hyannis 153 $37,500 $78,300
Creston 149 $49,722
Melbeta 149 $47,083 $70,000
Denton 147 $54,063 $221,200
Grafton 146 $73,750 $108,300
Ithaca 145 $157,400
Taylor 144 $49,500 $62,500
Leshara 143 $78,977 $140,900
Rulo 142 $59,125 $72,700
Sprague 140 $85,156 $189,300
Craig 139 $48,750 $76,400
Stella 138 $53,750 $80,000
Brownville 137 $78,750 $112,500
Tryon 136 $47,292 $116,100
Miller 135 $81,250 $62,500
Swanton 135 $70,417 $82,500
Colon 134 $60,625 $142,700
Elsie 133 $42,500 $70,000
Sunol 132 $38,490
Inman 131 $49,250 $45,000
Princeton 130 $210,700
Alvo 129 $89,375 $178,400
Elk Creek 129 $55,227
Burchard 125 $61,944 $53,800
Davey 124 $95,938 $221,900
Martell 124 $81,458 $180,900
Page 124 $46,250 $85,000
Naponee 122 $62,500 $39,300
Malmo 121 $103,125 $154,200
Loretto 119
St. Helena 119 $83,125 $133,900
Broadwater 118 $56,607 $39,600
Thurston 118 $71,250 $108,600
Upland 118 $58,125 $52,500
Atlanta 117 $70,417 $118,800
Naper 117 $26,719 $24,400
Ohiowa 117 $51,250 $47,700
Ayr 116 $56,250 $116,300
Brock 116 $42,500
Cordova 116 $60,000 $81,700
Kilgore 116 $60,000
Odessa 116 $36,875 $126,400
Republican City 116 $56,875 $157,100
Memphis 115 $183,300
Smithfield 115 $49,583
Belden 114 $73,393 $90,000
Ericson 114 $53,333 $112,500
Belmar 113 $225,000
Linwood 110 $28,929
Bow Valley 108 $83,125 $184,400
Barneston 107 $45,625 $29,600
Eddyville 104 $68,828 $78,200
Bruno 100 $34,167 $81,300
Arthur 99 $38,750 $108,300
South Bend 99 $62,188 $114,700
Bloomington 97 $71,250 $75,000
McLean 97 $86,875
Cushing 96 $95,924
Prosser 95 $56,319 $87,200
Steinauer 95 $48,182 $102,500
Nemaha 94 $51,875 $56,700
Riverton 93 $44,792
Filley 92 $49,821 $98,800
Heartwell 91 $58,750 $95,000
Anselmo 90 $65,000 $73,600
Merriman 90 $38,125 $36,400
Martinsburg 87 $28,750 $110,000
Jansen 86 $53,750 $70,000
Martin 86 $52,841 $189,200
Aten 85 $71,900
Roscoe 84 $41,250
Salem 84 $46,563 $45,900
Morse Bluff 83 $70,625 $110,400
Waterbury 82 $181,300
Byron 81 $60,625 $46,000
Wellfleet 81 $68,750 $75,000
Virginia 80 $73,750 $70,000
Wilsonville 79 $52,500 $50,000
Harrisburg 78 $76,563 $108,300
Alexandria 77 $51,771 $50,700
Comstock 77 $55,278 $83,100
Henry 77 $75,833 $104,200
McGrew 77 $35,750 $68,600
Saronville 76 $61,667 $120,000
Clinton 73 $54,911
Holmesville 73 $68,333
Rogers 73
Hazard 72 $132,500
Farwell 71 $58,125 $55,000
Primrose 70 $62,500
Danbury 69 $51,875 $103,100
Berwyn 68 $73,750 $62,500
Richland 68 $40,625 $112,500
Steele City 68 $41,250 $24,600
Harbine 67 $70,781 $125,000
Huntley 67
Winslow 67 $68,730 $187,700
Dixon 66 $56,250 $82,500
Dunning 65 $48,125 $72,000
Magnet 63 $57,250 $42,500
Tobias 63 $44,375 $39,400
Abie 61 $49,821 $67,000
Fontanelle 61 $350,000
Hubbell 61 $53,500 $46,500
Wann 60
Bristow 58 $46,250
Maskell 58 $77,750 $51,700
Newport 58 $136,250 $45,000
Lemoyne 57 $63,947
Oak 57 $43,125 $15,600
Ong 57
Whitney 57 $67,500 $36,900
Lorton 56 $57,200
Reynolds 51 $43,750
Liberty 50 $36,250
Beacon View 49 $102,292 $391,700
Thayer 49 $81,250
Archer 48 $58,625 $163,800
Crookston 46 $47,000
Burr 43 $53,750 $103,600
Garrison 43 $71,250 $66,300
Melia 43
Anoka 42 $88,750 $225,000
Julian 42 $29,861 $55,000
Halsey 41 $135,417
Norman 41 $57,500 $84,000
Surprise 41 $106,563
Belvidere 40 $85,000
Cornlea 40 $112,500
Lewiston 40 $34,375 $45,500
Royal 40 $57,917 $61,300
Lebanon 39
Brewster 38 $26,250 $186,700
Moorefield 37 $32,321 $321,400
Richfield 37
Winnetoon 37 $75,833
Inavale 36 $59,028
Linoma Beach 36 $188,864 $350,000
Verdel 36
La Platte 35
Elyria 34 $54,375
Foster 32
Deweese 31 $21,429 $85,000
Barada 28 $61,250 $44,500
Inland 28
Lushton 28 $51,875 $92,500
Nora 28 $250,001
Seneca 28 $36,250
Johnstown 27 $56,548
Venice 27
Stockville 26 $49,250 $142,500
Gilead 25 $65,313 $55,000
Hendley 25 $26,700
Cotesfield 24 $31,250 $45,000
Preston 24 $71,042
Strang 24 $103,125 $125,000
Tarnov 24 $76,250
Crab Orchard 23 $43,750 $40,000
King Lake 22
Gandy 20 $82,500
Nenzel 19 $55,000
Max 18
Wood Lake 18
Emmet 17
Hamlet 17 $50,625
Obert 17 $55,313
Parks 17
Sholes 17 $33,958 $22,200
Westerville 17
Gross 16
Keystone 16
Lisco 16
Stockham 16 $104,200
Berea 13
Champion 13
Sarben 13 $325,000
Lorenzo 12
Bazile Mills 11 $131,250
Lindy 11 $48,125 $82,500
Tamora 11
Ragan 9
Kramer 8
Lamar 7
Brownlee 6
Emerald 5
Cowles 3
Monowi 1
Agnew
Ames
Burton
Enders
Poole
Prairie Home
Raeville
White Clay
Willow Island