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Housing in Oconee

A typical Oconee home is worth roughly $180,000

Typical home value
$180K
NE $281K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,070
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,488
NE $3,549

What kind of housing town is Oconee?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Oconee

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$274,000
Typical Oconee home $180K

That covers a typical Oconee home, with $94K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,160
Loan $890Tax $220Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,070 a month here, $90 less than owning.

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.

The homes

90% of Oconee households own their home

Half of Oconee’s homes were built before 1979.

Owners and renters
Own 90%Rent 10%

Nebraska: 67% own.

1979
typical home built · NE 1975
$2,488
median property tax bill · NE $3,549
2%
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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,070

Renters already here pay a median of $960, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740
1 bedroom$820
2 bedrooms$1,070
3 bedrooms$1,400
4 bedrooms$1,420
10%
of households rent · NE 34%
18
renter households
$960
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

Oconee vs. its neighbors

Oconee is the 2nd least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Oconee$180K*—$1,070$63,750
Monroe$337K+6.9%$1,070—
Genoa$195K+0.9%$1,070$178,750
Lost Creek$220K*—$1,160$103,692
Columbus$271K+2.2%$1,060$97,848
Butler$169K*+3.6%†$1,060$73,750

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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