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Housing in Cotterell

A typical Cotterell home is worth roughly $348,000

Typical home value
$348K
NE $281K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,160
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,577
NE $3,549

What kind of housing town is Cotterell?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

89% of Cotterell households own their home

Half of Cotterell’s homes were built before 1996.

Owners and renters
Own 89%Rent 11%

Nebraska: 67% own.

1996
typical home built · NE 1975
$2,577
median property tax bill · NE $3,549
25%
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.

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Cotterell

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$274,000
Typical Cotterell home $348K

That’s $74K short of a typical Cotterell home.

The typical home, each month
$2,260
Loan $1,720Tax $430Insurance $100

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,160 a month here, $1,100 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Nebraska typical property tax (1.49% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,160

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$800
1 bedroom$880
2 bedrooms$1,160
3 bedrooms$1,390
4 bedrooms$1,540
11%
of households rent · NE 34%
20
renter households

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

Next door

Cotterell vs. its neighbors

Cotterell is the 2nd priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Cotterell$348K*—$1,160—$111,750
Morse Bluff$420K+8.9%$1,240—$85,964
North Bend$285K+5.3%$1,1603$85,882
Platte$143K*+4.7%†$1,120—$56,625
Maple—+19.9%†$1,090—$92,841

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.

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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. 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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