Home values, rents and more in the Lincoln metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Lincoln metro compares
The typical home in the Lincoln metro area is worth about $301,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Lincoln metro are 8% above the typical value in Nebraska ($278,000) and 18% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Lincoln metro rose 3.1%, compared with +3.0% in Nebraska and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,281 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 5% below Nebraska ($1,347) and 34% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 1.7% over the past year.
The median household income is $75,049, against $76,475 in Nebraska and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 352,081 people live in the Lincoln metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Lincoln metro has the 337th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 2nd-highest of 12 in Nebraska with Zillow figures.
Part of: Nebraska
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- Zillow 12-month price forecast
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- Flood, wildfire and natural hazard risk
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Lincoln metro
Cities in the Lincoln metro
- Lincoln, NE $291,000
- Seward, NE $315,000
- Waverly, NE $353,000
- Hickman, NE $387,000
- Milford, NE $318,000
- Bennet, NE $418,000
- Utica, NE $256,000
- Firth, NE $473,000
- Walton, NE $684,000
- Malcolm, NE $530,000
- Beaver Crossing, NE $296,000
- Hallam, NE $415,000
- Staplehurst, NE $259,000
- Bee, NE $296,000
- Pleasant Dale, NE $496,000
- Roca, NE $615,000
- Panama, NE $275,000
- Raymond, NE $576,000
- Garland, NE $440,000
- Denton, NE $620,000
- Martell, NE $560,000
- Davey, NE $476,000
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.