Broken Bow, NE housing market
The typical Broken Bow home is worth about $178,000, up 10.5% in a year, 37% below the Nebraska typical home.
Home values, sales, trends and how Broken Bow compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.
Broken Bow at a glance
Typical home value, 2016–2026
Show as a table
| January | Broken Bow | Nebraska |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $106,000 | $157,000 |
| 2018 | $107,000 | $167,000 |
| 2019 | $125,000 | $176,000 |
| 2020 | $129,000 | $187,000 |
| 2021 | $140,000 | $205,000 |
| 2022 | $158,000 | $227,000 |
| 2023 | $158,000 | $248,000 |
| 2024 | $153,000 | $259,000 |
| 2025 | $158,000 | $270,000 |
| 2026 | $168,000 | $278,000 |
| August 2026 | $178,000 | $281,000 |
Broken Bow and its neighbors
| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broken Bow | $178K | +10.5% | $970 | $127,895 |
| Garfield | — | +15.6%† | $990 | — |
| East Custer | — | +15.6%† | $960 | — |
† FHFA price index change, where Zillow has no home value for the town.
Owners, rent & taxes
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970
HUD's Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in Broken Bow is $970 a month, utilities included: roughly what a modest, recently rented unit costs.
Studio $670 · 4 bedrooms $1,480
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FY2026 Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (68822, 68856; Custer County, NE), weighted by land area. A Fair Market Rent is the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers.