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Home values, rents and more in Elm Creek, NE

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$244,000
Metro: $299,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+4.6%
Metro: +6.3% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
1,107
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$79,148
Metro: $76,109 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Elm Creek, NE, shaded by typical home valueElm Creek68836
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ZIP codes around Elm Creek, NE, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Elm Creek is outlined.

How Elm Creek compares

The typical home in Elm Creek, NE is worth about $244,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Elm Creek are 18% below the typical value in the Kearney metro area ($299,000) and 33% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Elm Creek rose 4.6%, compared with +6.3% in the Kearney metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $79,148, against $76,109 in the Kearney metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 1,107 people live in Elm Creek (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Elm Creek has the 3rd-lowest typical home value of the 12 cities in the Kearney metro area and the 162nd-highest of 384 in Nebraska with Zillow figures.

Part of: Buffalo County, NE · Kearney metro area · Nebraska

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Sources

Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.

"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.

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