A typical Bismark home is worth roughly $369,000
Home prices around Bismark have risen about 46% over the past 5 years.
What kind of housing town is Bismark?
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A typical home costs 3.8 years of income
About the same as across Nebraska. Try your own numbers below.
That’s $6K short of a typical Bismark home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,060 a month here, $1,220 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Bismark’s typical property tax (1.11% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
Home prices up 46% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Bismark rose 46% over the past 5 years, slower than across Nebraska (49%). Last year prices rose 3.6%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Bismark, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,060
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Merrick County, NE HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
66% of Bismark households own their home
Half of Bismark’s homes were built before 1980.
Nebraska: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Bismark vs. its neighbors
The towns that share a border with Bismark. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bismark | $369K* | +3.6%† | $1,060 | $95,987 |
| Shell Creek | $289K* | +3.6%† | $1,120 | $108,750 |
Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.
Neighbors talk housing
What Bismark buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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.