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Housing in Highland

A typical Highland home is worth roughly $260,000

Typical home value
$260K
NE $281K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,350
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,909
NE $3,549

What kind of housing town is Highland?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

93% of Highland households own their home

Half of Highland’s homes were built before 1981.

Owners and renters
Own 93%Rent 7%

Nebraska: 67% own.

1981
typical home built · NE 1975
$2,909
median property tax bill · NE $3,549
1.12%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · NE 1.49%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Affordability

A typical home costs 3.1 years of income

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

You could afford about
$317,000
Typical Highland home $260K

That covers a typical Highland home, with $57K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,610
Loan $1,290Tax $240Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,350 a month here, $260 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, Highland’s typical property tax (1.12% 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 $1,350

Renters already here pay a median of $1,075, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$940
1 bedroom$1,030
2 bedrooms$1,350
3 bedrooms$1,640
4 bedrooms$1,840
7%
of households rent · NE 34%
24
renter households
$1,075
median rent paid today · Census

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

Highland vs. its neighbors

Highland is the 2nd least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Highland$260K*—$1,350$83,636
Clatonia$226K−0.7%$1,110$77,083
Holt$317K*—$1,290$70,208

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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