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Housing in Humphrey

A typical Humphrey home is worth about $366,000

Up 5.5% in a year, 30% above the Nebraska typical home.

Typical home value
$366K
▲ 5.5% in a year · NE $281K
Zillow
2-bedroom rent
$1,000
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,556
NE $3,549

What kind of housing town is Humphrey?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

95% of Humphrey households own their home

Half of Humphrey’s homes were built before 1977.

Owners and renters
Own 95%Rent 5%

Nebraska: 67% own.

1977
typical home built · NE 1975
$3,556
median property tax bill · NE $3,549
7%
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 Humphrey

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$274,000
Typical Humphrey home $366K

That’s $92K short of a typical Humphrey home.

The typical home, each month
$2,370
Loan $1,810Tax $450Insurance $110

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,000 a month here, $1,370 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.

Price trend

Up 25% in five years

About the same pace as Nebraska (25.6%).

HumphreyNebraska
$150K$200K$250K$300K$350K$400K20182020202220242026
Show as a table
JanuaryHumphreyNebraska
2017$194,000$157,000
2018$209,000$167,000
2019$234,000$176,000
2020$255,000$187,000
2021$277,000$205,000
2022$300,000$227,000
2023$315,000$248,000
2024$323,000$259,000
2025$339,000$270,000
2026$357,000$278,000
August 2026$366,000$281,000
Then & now

A typical Humphrey home worth $193K in September 2016 is worth about $366K today.

+$173K
+5.5%
past year
+25%
past 5 years
+89.9%
since 2016

Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,000

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$690
1 bedroom$760
2 bedrooms$1,000
3 bedrooms$1,320
4 bedrooms$1,350
5%
of households rent · NE 34%
7
renter households

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

Humphrey vs. its neighbors

Humphrey 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
Humphrey$366K+5.5%$1,000$114,375
Creston$414K+10.1%$1,070$67,375
Granville$233K*—$960$80,521

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, 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. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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