Home values, rents and more in Madison County, NE
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Madison County, NE compares
The typical home in Madison County, NE is worth about $254,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Madison County, NE are about the same as the typical value in the Norfolk metro area ($254,000) and 31% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Madison County, NE rose 3.4%, compared with +3.6% in the Norfolk metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,230 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Norfolk metro area ($1,247) and 36% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.8% over the past year.
The median household income is $63,128, against $65,968 in the Norfolk metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 36,106 people live in Madison County, NE (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Madison County, NE has the 2nd-highest typical home value of the 3 counties in the Norfolk metro area and the 22nd-highest of 89 in Nebraska with Zillow figures.
Part of: Norfolk 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.