Home values, rents and more in Buffalo County, NE
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Buffalo County, NE compares
The typical home in Buffalo County, NE is worth about $305,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Buffalo County, NE are about the same as the typical value in the Kearney metro area ($299,000) and 17% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Buffalo County, NE rose 6.5%, compared with +6.3% in the Kearney metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,574 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 7% below the Kearney metro area ($1,686) and 19% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 4.4% over the past year.
The median household income is $75,911, against $76,109 in the Kearney metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 51,172 people live in Buffalo County, NE (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Buffalo County, NE has the 10th-highest typical home value of the 89 counties in Nebraska with Zillow figures.
Part of: 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.