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Housing in Creighton

A typical Creighton home is worth roughly $98,000

Builders were permitted 1 new home in 2025.

Typical home value
$98K
NE $281K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,050
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,000
NE $3,549

What kind of housing town is Creighton?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.9 years of income

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

You could afford about
$191,000
Typical Creighton home $98K

That covers a typical Creighton home, with $93K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$600
Loan $490Tax $80Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050 a month here, $450 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Creighton’s typical property tax (1.02% 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

73% of Creighton households own their home

Half of Creighton’s homes were built before 1953.

Owners and renters
Own 73%Rent 27%

Nebraska: 67% own.

1953
typical home built · NE 1975
$1,000
median property tax bill · NE $3,549
1.02%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · NE 1.49%
2%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050

Renters already here pay a median of $730, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$730
1 bedroom$800
2 bedrooms$1,050
3 bedrooms$1,260
4 bedrooms$1,470
27%
of households rent · NE 34%
120
renter households
32%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · NE 45%
25%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$730
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Antelope 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

1 new home permitted in 2025

Builders were permitted 1 new home in Creighton in 2025. That's 0.8 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Nebraska (5.7). Over the past 10 years, Creighton has permitted 5 homes in all.

Single-family2+ homes per building
051015 200020052010201520202025
1
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
0.8
per 1,000 residents · NE 5.7
5
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−7
New homes+16

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Creighton's population fell by 7 even though 16 new homes were 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—
2025110$342,000
2024110$321,000
2023110$303,000
2022000—
2021000—
2020000—
2019000—
2018000—
2017220$344,000
2016000—
2015000—
201411011$600,000
2013110$150,000
2012000—
2011000—
2010220$500,000
2009110$165,000
2008110$250,000
2007330$645,000
2006550$970,000
2005110$100,000
2004110$200,000
2003220$350,000
2002330$275,000
2001110$125,000
2000220$250,000

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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