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Home values, rents and more in Friend, NE

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

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Typical home value
$222,000
Nebraska: $278,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
−2.5%
Nebraska: +3.0% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
1,155
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$90,909
Nebraska: $76,475 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Friend, NE, shaded by typical home valueFriend68359
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ZIP codes around Friend, NE, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Friend is outlined.

How Friend compares

The typical home in Friend, NE is worth about $222,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Friend are 20% below the typical value in Nebraska ($278,000) and 39% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Friend fell 2.5%, compared with +3.0% in Nebraska and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $90,909, against $76,475 in Nebraska and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 1,155 people live in Friend (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Friend has the 185th-lowest typical home value of the 384 cities in Nebraska with Zillow figures.

Part of: Saline County, NE · 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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