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Home values, rents and more in Howells, NE

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

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Typical home value
$253,000
Metro: $278,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+2.2%
Metro: +2.1% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
517
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$80,938
Metro: $75,378 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Howells, NE, shaded by typical home valueHowells68641
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ZIP codes around Howells, NE, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Howells is outlined.

How Howells compares

The typical home in Howells, NE is worth about $253,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Howells are 9% below the typical value in the Columbus metro area ($278,000) and 31% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Howells rose 2.2%, compared with +2.1% in the Columbus metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $80,938, against $75,378 in the Columbus metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 517 people live in Howells (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Howells has the 4th-lowest typical home value of the 11 cities in the Columbus metro area and the 147th-highest of 384 in Nebraska with Zillow figures.

Part of: Colfax County, NE · Columbus 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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