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Nebraska in 2025

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

In 2025 the FHFA house price index for Nebraska changed +3.3%, against +2.8% for the United States and +5.0% in 2024.

10,596 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (5,561 single-family), +1.1% on 2024; the national total was 1,431,616.

+3.3%Nebraska index, 2024–2025US +2.8%
10,596housing units permitted in 20255,561 single-family
49 of 57counties with a rising indexmedian county +4.1%
1,431,616units permitted nationally in 2025
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Counties in 2025

Ranked by the county index change from 2024 to 2025 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2025; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2025Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Holt County+16.7%18101.8
Dixon County+14.6%771.2
Antelope County+13.5%20203.1
Cherry County+13.1%16162.9
Colfax County+11.9%65235.9
Cuming County+11.7%22222.5
Kearney County+11.2%10101.5
Fillmore County+10.9%330.5
Morrill County+10.8%220.5
Polk County+9.1%13132.5
York County+8.8%37312.5
Gage County+8.3%28241.3
Richardson County+7.6%110.1
Dodge County+7.0%81512.1
Butler County+6.8%10101.2
Custer County+6.3%25252.4
Dawes County+6.0%15151.9
Otoe County+5.6%24241.5
Hamilton County+5.4%45354.6
Platte County+5.4%40915311.5
Merrick County+5.2%49376.2
Red Willow County+5.2%990.9
Dakota County+4.7%44342.0
Cass County+4.5%55552.0
Howard County+4.2%15132.3
Kimball County+4.2%1935.6
Adams County+4.1%119653.8
Brown County+4.1%110.4
Furnas County+4.1%751.5
Stanton County+4.1%330.5
Scotts Bluff County+3.9%40361.1
Cedar County+3.6%27253.2
Lancaster County+3.5%2,3469707.0
Lincoln County+3.5%235447.1
Madison County+3.4%75552.1
Knox County+3.3%32183.8
Phelps County+3.3%971.0
Sarpy County+3.1%1,5941,2217.7
Hall County+2.8%203793.2
Nuckolls County+2.7%441.0
Box Butte County+2.4%110.1
Douglas County+2.2%3,9631,7446.5
Burt County+2.1%12121.8
Buffalo County+2.0%1321282.6
Washington County+1.9%206749.7
Saunders County+1.8%1801077.6
Seward County+0.6%56543.1
Pierce County+0.3%13131.8
Boone County+0.2%22144.1
Dawson County0.0%31271.3
Saline County−0.1%34222.3
Jefferson County−0.3%881.1
Clay County−0.5%18182.9
Nemaha County−0.5%420.6
Keith County−1.1%38384.7
Cheyenne County−2.3%770.7
Wayne County−7.1%1351.3
Chase County—16124.3
Frontier County—551.9
Gosper County—773.9
Harlan County—110.3
Nance County—852.4
Perkins County—110.4
Thayer County—440.8
Thurston County—220.3
Valley County—771.7

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.