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Housing in Douglas

A typical Douglas home is worth roughly $221,000

Typical home value
$221K
NE $281K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,230
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,485
NE $3,549

What kind of housing town is Douglas?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

100% of Douglas households own their home

Half of Douglas’s homes were built before 1948.

Owners and renters
Own 100%

Nebraska: 67% own.

1948
typical home built · NE 1975
$2,485
median property tax bill · NE $3,549

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 Douglas

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$274,000
Typical Douglas home $221K

That covers a typical Douglas home, with $53K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,430
Loan $1,090Tax $270Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,230 a month here, $200 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 $1,230

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$960
1 bedroom$1,060
2 bedrooms$1,230
3 bedrooms$1,610
4 bedrooms$1,800
0%
of households rent · NE 34%

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

Next door

Douglas vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Douglas. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Douglas$221K*—$1,230$68,438
Morse Bluff$420K+8.9%$1,240$85,964

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.

On the market in Douglas

Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.

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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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