Home values, rents and more in Lincoln, NE
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Lincoln compares
The typical home in Lincoln, NE is worth about $291,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Lincoln are 3% below the typical value in the Lincoln metro area ($301,000) and 20% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Lincoln rose 2.8%, compared with +3.1% in the Lincoln metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,278 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Lincoln metro area ($1,281) and 34% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 1.6% over the past year.
The median household income is $71,867, against $75,049 in the Lincoln metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 294,856 people live in Lincoln (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Lincoln has the 4th-lowest typical home value of the 22 cities in the Lincoln metro area and the 98th-highest of 384 in Nebraska with Zillow figures.
Part of: Lancaster County, NE · Lincoln metro area · Nebraska
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ZIP codes in Lincoln, NE
- 68502 · Lincoln $239,000
- 68503 · Lincoln $199,000
- 68504 · Lincoln $221,000
- 68505 · Lincoln $263,000
- 68506 · Lincoln $282,000
- 68507 · Lincoln $248,000
- 68508 · Lincoln $216,000
- 68510 · Lincoln $255,000
- 68512 · Lincoln $348,000
- 68516 · Lincoln $390,000
- 68517 · Lincoln $589,000
- 68520 · Lincoln $624,000
- 68521 · Lincoln $287,000
- 68522 · Lincoln $279,000
- 68523 · Lincoln $510,000
- 68524 · Lincoln $260,000
- 68526 · Lincoln $466,000
- 68527 · Lincoln $524,000
- 68528 · Lincoln $289,000
- 68532 · Lincoln $598,000
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.