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Nebraska in 2015

Index change and building permits for the year, with every county.

In 2015 the FHFA house price index for Nebraska changed +4.0%, against +4.4% for the United States and +3.8% in 2014.

8,096 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (5,198 single-family), +6.5% on 2014; the national total was 1,182,582.

+4.0%Nebraska index, 2014–2015US +4.4%
8,096housing units permitted in 20155,198 single-family
54 of 64counties with a rising indexmedian county +3.6%
1,182,582units permitted nationally in 2015
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Counties in 2015

Ranked by the county index change from 2014 to 2015 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2015; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2015Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Butler County+20.4%310.4
Perkins County+19.7%331.1
Holt County+16.7%15151.5
Chase County+14.8%330.8
Nance County+14.0%772.1
Furnas County+13.4%440.9
Dixon County+12.6%661.1
Polk County+10.8%550.9
Hamilton County+9.4%14141.4
Pierce County+9.0%11111.5
Box Butte County+8.1%660.6
Phelps County+7.9%28283.1
Thurston County+7.4%881.2
Gage County+6.8%15150.7
Cuming County+6.7%20202.3
Dakota County+6.1%24241.1
Morrill County+5.8%000.0
Otoe County+5.6%29291.8
Buffalo County+5.4%2101694.1
Gosper County+5.3%13137.2
Richardson County+5.3%45456.0
Keith County+5.2%15151.9
Nemaha County+5.1%220.3
Saunders County+4.7%95954.0
Washington County+4.6%86864.0
Lancaster County+4.4%2,5001,0427.5
Madison County+4.4%62521.7
Custer County+4.2%25252.4
Dodge County+4.2%50501.3
Douglas County+4.1%2,7881,6534.6
Valley County+3.9%551.2
Seward County+3.8%48482.7
Lincoln County+3.6%76602.3
Merrick County+3.5%24243.0
Scotts Bluff County+3.5%14140.4
Stanton County+3.5%26234.5
Hall County+3.4%2321543.6
Nuckolls County+3.4%330.7
Sarpy County+3.4%8978574.3
Red Willow County+2.9%2482.3
York County+2.7%21211.4
Cherry County+2.6%36366.5
Boone County+2.4%000.0
Dawes County+2.4%440.5
Kearney County+2.3%14142.1
Cass County+2.2%1211214.4
Adams County+1.7%68482.2
Howard County+1.7%30304.6
Knox County+1.3%29263.5
Cedar County+1.2%14141.7
Cheyenne County+1.2%25172.6
Frontier County+0.9%110.4
Wayne County+0.5%26112.6
Colfax County+0.2%11111.0
Dawson County−0.2%57272.3
Burt County−0.6%550.7
Platte County−0.6%71552.0
Antelope County−1.0%881.3
Saline County−1.7%20201.3
Kimball County−4.5%401.2
Clay County−4.7%10101.6
Fillmore County−5.3%110.2
Jefferson County−5.8%771.0
Harlan County−18.4%662.0
Brown County—000.0
Thayer County—881.7

Permits by year, 1995–2025

Housing units authorised in Nebraska by year05,00010,00015,0001995: 8,164 units (5,161 single-family, 3,003 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 10,091 units (5,717 single-family, 4,374 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 9,880 units (5,637 single-family, 4,243 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 9,560 units (6,019 single-family, 3,541 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 8,696 units (6,628 single-family, 2,068 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 9,105 units (6,513 single-family, 2,592 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 8,198 units (6,551 single-family, 1,647 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 9,278 units (7,239 single-family, 2,039 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 10,339 units (8,652 single-family, 1,687 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 10,920 units (9,052 single-family, 1,868 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 9,929 units (8,687 single-family, 1,242 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 8,230 units (6,554 single-family, 1,676 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 7,604 units (6,015 single-family, 1,589 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 6,346 units (4,690 single-family, 1,656 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 5,150 units (4,552 single-family, 598 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 5,401 units (3,779 single-family, 1,622 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 5,203 units (3,597 single-family, 1,606 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 6,116 units (4,316 single-family, 1,800 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 7,543 units (5,151 single-family, 2,392 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 7,605 units (4,744 single-family, 2,861 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 8,096 units (5,198 single-family, 2,898 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 8,078 units (5,080 single-family, 2,998 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 8,863 units (5,436 single-family, 3,427 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 7,866 units (4,900 single-family, 2,966 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 8,025 units (4,672 single-family, 3,353 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 9,483 units (5,745 single-family, 3,738 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 10,723 units (6,328 single-family, 4,395 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 11,115 units (5,073 single-family, 6,042 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 8,877 units (4,666 single-family, 4,211 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 10,479 units (5,655 single-family, 4,824 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 10,596 units (5,561 single-family, 5,035 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in Nebraska by yearsingle-family2+ unit buildings

Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency annual state and county house price indexes (updated March 31, 2026); Census Bureau Building Permits Survey annual state and county files. Public domain. Methodology.