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Housing in North Cedar

A typical North Cedar home is worth roughly $178,000

Typical home value
$178K
NE $281K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,230
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,388
NE $3,549

What kind of housing town is North Cedar?

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

★ What stands out · 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
$312,000
Typical North Cedar home $178K

That covers a typical North Cedar home, with $134K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,130
Loan $880Tax $200Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,230 a month here, $100 more 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, North Cedar’s typical property tax (1.34% 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

Renters already here pay a median of $1,056, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$980
1 bedroom$1,080
2 bedrooms$1,230
3 bedrooms$1,620
4 bedrooms$1,830
12%
of households rent · NE 34%
24
renter households
$1,056
median rent paid today · Census

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.

The homes

88% of North Cedar households own their home

Half of North Cedar’s homes were built before 1959.

Owners and renters
Own 88%Rent 12%

Nebraska: 67% own.

1959
typical home built · NE 1975
$2,388
median property tax bill · NE $3,549
1.34%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · NE 1.49%
5%
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.

Next door

North Cedar vs. its neighbors

North Cedar is the 2nd least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
North Cedar$178K*—$1,230$84,625
Platte$143K*+4.7%†$1,120$56,625
Morse Bluff$420K+8.9%$1,240$85,964
Pohocco$418K*+4.7%†$1,150$100,313

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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