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Housing in Leicester

A typical Leicester home is worth roughly $262,000

Typical home value
$262K
NE $281K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,210
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,591
NE $3,549

What kind of housing town is Leicester?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

92% of Leicester households own their home

Half of Leicester’s homes were built before 1965.

Owners and renters
Own 92%Rent 8%

Nebraska: 67% own.

1965
typical home built · NE 1975
$2,591
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 Leicester

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$274,000
Typical Leicester home $262K

That covers a typical Leicester home, with $12K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,700
Loan $1,300Tax $320Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,210 a month here, $490 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 $1,210

Renters already here pay a median of $1,188.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$850
1 bedroom$960
2 bedrooms$1,210
3 bedrooms$1,480
4 bedrooms$1,690
8%
of households rent · NE 34%
5
renter households
$1,188
median rent paid today · Census

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

Leicester vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Leicester$262K*—$1,210$120,250
Harvard$129K+5.1%$960$64,375
Inland—+3.3%†$1,020$115,577

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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