Home values, rents and more in Howard County, NE
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Howard County, NE compares
The typical home in Howard County, NE is worth about $281,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Howard County, NE are 10% above the typical value in the Grand Island metro area ($255,000) and 23% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Howard County, NE rose 4.3%, compared with 0.0% in the Grand Island metro area and +1.2% nationally.
The median household income is $76,767, against $69,704 in the Grand Island metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 6,538 people live in Howard County, NE (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Howard County, NE has the highest typical home value of the 3 counties in the Grand Island metro area and the 16th-highest of 89 in Nebraska with Zillow figures.
Part of: Grand Island 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.