Home Value Trail

States › Nebraska › 2018

State, one year

Nebraska in 2018

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

In 2018 the FHFA house price index for Nebraska changed +5.2%, against +5.7% for the United States and +5.8% in 2017.

7,866 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (4,900 single-family), −11.2% on 2017; the national total was 1,328,827.

+5.2%Nebraska index, 2017–2018US +5.7%
7,866housing units permitted in 20184,900 single-family
55 of 65counties with a rising indexmedian county +4.2%
1,328,827units permitted nationally in 2018
← 2017Nebraska overview2019 →

Counties in 2018

Ranked by the county index change from 2017 to 2018 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2018; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2018Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Nance County+11.6%551.5
Kimball County+10.6%000.0
Colfax County+10.5%38143.5
Keith County+9.2%35274.3
Burt County+8.3%330.4
Harlan County+7.2%14144.7
Custer County+6.9%27252.6
Washington County+6.9%87874.1
Dixon County+6.8%771.2
Dakota County+6.7%31311.4
Merrick County+6.7%27273.4
Phelps County+6.7%13111.4
Polk County+6.7%771.3
Boone County+6.6%661.1
Dodge County+6.6%64621.7
York County+6.6%65174.5
Douglas County+6.5%2,9941,3444.9
Madison County+6.4%140613.9
Furnas County+6.3%551.1
Perkins County+6.3%331.1
Nemaha County+6.1%771.0
Sarpy County+6.1%1,2429256.0
Howard County+6.0%17172.6
Saunders County+6.0%1371355.8
Lancaster County+5.9%1,7401,0535.2
Red Willow County+5.8%330.3
Thurston County+5.2%330.4
Chase County+5.0%12123.2
Gage County+5.0%58432.7
Valley County+4.8%661.5
Hall County+4.5%117851.8
Hamilton County+4.3%44374.5
Seward County+4.2%64643.5
Dawson County+4.0%43311.8
Fillmore County+4.0%771.3
Platte County+4.0%60521.7
Pierce County+3.8%14141.9
Richardson County+3.8%000.0
Wayne County+3.8%1581.5
Adams County+3.6%38381.2
Cuming County+3.5%22162.5
Clay County+3.3%13112.1
Kearney County+3.0%14122.1
Buffalo County+2.7%1891813.7
Cherry County+2.7%17173.1
Otoe County+2.0%33262.0
Dawes County+1.9%1081.3
Saline County+1.8%38272.5
Cedar County+1.7%10101.2
Box Butte County+1.6%220.2
Antelope County+1.5%440.6
Stanton County+1.5%771.2
Cass County+1.2%1131014.1
Lincoln County+0.5%42421.3
Butler County+0.2%420.5
Holt County0.0%550.5
Scotts Bluff County−0.2%14140.4
Brown County−2.2%000.0
Knox County−2.9%21212.5
Gosper County−3.0%221.1
Nuckolls County−3.6%330.7
Jefferson County−4.6%1081.4
Frontier County−7.4%000.0
Cheyenne County−9.4%25152.6
Morrill County−11.9%000.0
Thayer County—11112.3

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.