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Housing in Beaver

A typical Beaver home is worth roughly $79,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$79K
NE $281K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$960
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$893
NE $3,549

What kind of housing town is Beaver?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.4 years of income

Less than across Nebraska (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$211,000
Typical Beaver home $79K

That covers a typical Beaver home, with $132K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$490
Loan $390Tax $70Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $960 a month here, $470 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Beaver’s typical property tax (1.13% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

75% of Beaver households own their home

Half of Beaver’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters
Own 75%Rent 25%

Nebraska: 67% own.

1938
typical home built · NE 1975
$893
median property tax bill · NE $3,549
1.13%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · NE 1.49%
7%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $960

Renters already here pay a median of $703, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670
1 bedroom$860
2 bedrooms$960
3 bedrooms$1,300
4 bedrooms$1,600
25%
of households rent · NE 34%
58
renter households
$703
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Furnas County, NE): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2025

No permits for new homes were issued in Beaver in 2025. The last year with any was 2021 (1 new home).

Single-family
01 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
2
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−72
New homes+1

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Beaver's population fell by 72 even though 1 new home was permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Nebraska: 1.8 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025000—
2024000—
2023000—
2022000—
2021110$56,000
2020000—
2019110$85,000
2018000—
2017000—
2016000—
2015000—
2014000—
2013000—
2012000—
2011000—
2010000—
2009000—
2008000—
2007000—
2006000—
2005000—
2004000—
2003000—
2002000—
2001000—
2000000—

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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