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State data • Updated March 2026

Nebraska rent: top & bottom cities

Median ZORI rent across Nebraska cities, statewide macro overlay, plus the most-expensive and most-affordable cities side by side. Live from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse.

Nebraska at a glance

$1,306Median city rent (ZORI)
3.1%Unemployment
725Permits / month
14Cities w/ rent data

Unemployment from FRED state series. Permits from Census BPS. Median = median across all Nebraska cities with current ZORI data. See methodology.

Most expensive & most affordable

Top 10 by rent

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Gretna $1,659 +1.5%
Papillion $1,567 +1.8%
Bennington $1,477 +3.3%
Kearney $1,445 +8.3%
Omaha $1,431 +3.7%
Wayne $1,382
Bellevue $1,340 +3.8%
Lincoln $1,313 +2.2%
La Vista $1,299 +4.7%
Lexington $1,280

Top 10 most affordable (pop ≥ 50k)

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Grand Island $1,276 +1.6%
Lincoln $1,313 +2.2%
Bellevue $1,340 +3.8%
Omaha $1,431 +3.7%

Top 5 cities — overlaid rent trajectory

ZORI rent index — top 5 Nebraska cities

Monthly Zillow ZORI rent index. Data updates monthly. Source: methodology.

Compare cities in Nebraska

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