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Housing in Lost Creek

A typical Lost Creek home is worth roughly $220,000

Typical home value
$220K
NE $281K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,160
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$7,330
NE $3,549

What kind of housing town is Lost Creek?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

92% of Lost Creek households own their home

Half of Lost Creek’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters
Own 92%Rent 8%

Nebraska: 67% own.

1938
typical home built · NE 1975
$7,330
median property tax bill · NE $3,549
3.33%
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 2.1 years of income

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

You could afford about
$303,000
Typical Lost Creek home $220K

That covers a typical Lost Creek home, with $83K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,760
Loan $1,090Tax $610Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,160 a month here, $600 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, Lost Creek’s typical property tax (3.33% 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 $1,160

Renters already here pay a median of $1,111.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$810
1 bedroom$880
2 bedrooms$1,160
3 bedrooms$1,530
4 bedrooms$1,540
8%
of households rent · NE 34%
16
renter households
$1,111
median rent paid today · Census

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

Lost Creek vs. its neighbors

Lost Creek is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Lost Creek$220K*—$1,160$103,692
Monroe$337K+6.9%$1,070—
Shell Creek$289K*+3.6%†$1,120$108,750

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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