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Counties in Nebraska by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly)

Hooker County had the highest fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly) of 93 counties in 2016, at $538. Merrick County had the lowest, at $389. The median was $411. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest538Hooker County
Lowest389Merrick County
Median41193 counties

Map of counties, 2016

Adams County: 421 USDAntelope County: 411 USDArthur County: 509 USDBanner County: 425 USDBlaine County: 431 USDBoone County: 411 USDBox Butte County: 411 USDBoyd County: 411 USDBrown County: 431 USDBuffalo County: 422 USDBurt County: 423 USDButler County: 411 USDCass County: 516 USDCedar County: 411 USDChase County: 411 USDCherry County: 411 USDCheyenne County: 411 USDClay County: 411 USDColfax County: 421 USDCuming County: 411 USDCuster County: 411 USDDakota County: 439 USDDawes County: 413 USDDawson County: 447 USDDeuel County: 411 USDDixon County: 439 USDDodge County: 443 USDDouglas County: 516 USDDundy County: 411 USDFillmore County: 411 USDFranklin County: 411 USDFrontier County: 429 USDFurnas County: 411 USDGage County: 437 USDGarden County: 411 USDGarfield County: 436 USDGosper County: 411 USDGrant County: 411 USDGreeley County: 411 USDHall County: 419 USDHamilton County: 389 USDHarlan County: 411 USDHayes County: 437 USDHitchcock County: 411 USDHolt County: 411 USDHooker County: 538 USDHoward County: 389 USDJefferson County: 411 USDJohnson County: 411 USDKearney County: 473 USDKeith County: 411 USDKeya Paha County: 411 USDKimball County: 443 USDKnox County: 411 USDLancaster County: 470 USDLincoln County: 423 USDLogan County: 411 USDLoup County: 411 USDMcPherson County: 411 USDMadison County: 409 USDMerrick County: 389 USDMorrill County: 411 USDNance County: 411 USDNemaha County: 468 USDNuckolls County: 411 USDOtoe County: 411 USDPawnee County: 411 USDPerkins County: 411 USDPhelps County: 411 USDPierce County: 411 USDPlatte County: 505 USDPolk County: 411 USDRed Willow County: 411 USDRichardson County: 411 USDRock County: 411 USDSaline County: 473 USDSarpy County: 516 USDSaunders County: 459 USDScotts Bluff County: 424 USDSeward County: 423 USDSheridan County: 411 USDSherman County: 411 USDSioux County: 411 USDStanton County: 411 USDThayer County: 411 USDThomas County: 411 USDThurston County: 411 USDValley County: 411 USDWashington County: 516 USDWayne County: 411 USDWebster County: 411 USDWheeler County: 411 USDYork County: 411 USD
  • Under 410
  • 410 to 420
  • 420 to 440
  • 440 and over
USD, 2016. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2016

Hooker County: 538 USDHooker County538Cass County: 516 USDCass County516Douglas County: 516 USDDouglas County516Sarpy County: 516 USDSarpy County516Washington County: 516 USDWashington County516Arthur County: 509 USDArthur County509Platte County: 505 USDPlatte County505Kearney County: 473 USDKearney County473Saline County: 473 USDSaline County473Lancaster County: 470 USDLancaster County470Nemaha County: 468 USDNemaha County468Saunders County: 459 USDSaunders County459Dawson County: 447 USDDawson County447Dodge County: 443 USDDodge County443Kimball County: 443 USDKimball County443Dakota County: 439 USDDakota County439Dixon County: 439 USDDixon County439Gage County: 437 USDGage County437Hayes County: 437 USDHayes County437Garfield County: 436 USDGarfield County436Blaine County: 431 USDBlaine County431Brown County: 431 USDBrown County431Frontier County: 429 USDFrontier County429Banner County: 425 USDBanner County425Scotts Bluff County: 424 USDScotts Bluff County424Burt County: 423 USDBurt County423Lincoln County: 423 USDLincoln County423Seward County: 423 USDSeward County423Buffalo County: 422 USDBuffalo County422Adams County: 421 USDAdams County421Colfax County: 421 USDColfax County421Hall County: 419 USDHall County419Dawes County: 413 USDDawes County413Antelope County: 411 USDAntelope County411Boone County: 411 USDBoone County411Box Butte County: 411 USDBox Butte County411Boyd County: 411 USDBoyd County411Butler County: 411 USDButler County411Cedar County: 411 USDCedar County411Chase County: 411 USDChase County411Hooker County: 538 USDHooker County538Cass County: 516 USDCass County516Douglas County: 516 USDDouglas County516Sarpy County: 516 USDSarpy County516Washington County: 516 USDWashington County516Arthur County: 509 USDArthur County509Platte County: 505 USDPlatte County505Kearney County: 473 USDKearney County473Saline County: 473 USDSaline County473Lancaster County: 470 USDLancaster County470Nemaha County: 468 USDNemaha County468Saunders County: 459 USDSaunders County459Dawson County: 447 USDDawson County447Dodge County: 443 USDDodge County443Kimball County: 443 USDKimball County443Dakota County: 439 USDDakota County439Dixon County: 439 USDDixon County439Gage County: 437 USDGage County437Hayes County: 437 USDHayes County437Garfield County: 436 USDGarfield County436Blaine County: 431 USDBlaine County431Brown County: 431 USDBrown County431Frontier County: 429 USDFrontier County429Banner County: 425 USDBanner County425Scotts Bluff County: 424 USDScotts Bluff County424Burt County: 423 USDBurt County423Lincoln County: 423 USDLincoln County423Seward County: 423 USDSeward County423Buffalo County: 422 USDBuffalo County422Adams County: 421 USDAdams County421Colfax County: 421 USDColfax County421Hall County: 419 USDHall County419Dawes County: 413 USDDawes County413Antelope County: 411 USDAntelope County411Boone County: 411 USDBoone County411Box Butte County: 411 USDBox Butte County411Boyd County: 411 USDBoyd County411Butler County: 411 USDButler County411Cedar County: 411 USDCedar County411Chase County: 411 USDChase County411
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2016
USD		Change on 2015
1Hooker County538+31.5%
2Cass County516+7.5%
2Douglas County516+7.5%
2Sarpy County516+7.5%
2Washington County516+7.5%
6Arthur County509+24.4%
7Platte County505+3.1%
8Kearney County473+12.6%
8Saline County473+3.5%
10Lancaster County470+13%
11Nemaha County468+14.4%
12Saunders County459+7%
13Dawson County447+9.3%
14Dodge County443+12.4%
14Kimball County443+1.8%
16Dakota County439+4.3%
16Dixon County439+4.3%
18Gage County437+9.5%
18Hayes County437+0.7%
20Garfield County436+0.7%
21Blaine County431+1.7%
21Brown County431+5.4%
23Frontier County429+4.9%
24Banner County425+3.9%
25Scotts Bluff County424-7.6%
26Burt County423+3.4%
26Lincoln County423+9%
26Seward County423+17.2%
29Buffalo County422+2.2%
30Adams County421-5.8%
30Colfax County421+1%
32Hall County419+2.7%
33Dawes County413-4.4%
34Antelope County411+0.5%
34Boone County411+0.5%
34Box Butte County411+0.5%
34Boyd County411+0.5%
34Butler County411+0.5%
34Cedar County411+0.5%
34Chase County411+0.5%
34Cherry County411+0.5%
34Cheyenne County411+0.5%
34Clay County411+0.5%
34Cuming County411+0.5%
34Custer County411+0.5%
34Deuel County411+0.5%
34Dundy County411+0.5%
34Fillmore County411+0.5%
34Franklin County411+0.5%
34Furnas County411+0.5%
34Garden County411+0.5%
34Gosper County411-0.7%
34Grant County411+0.5%
34Greeley County411+0.5%
34Harlan County411+0.5%
34Hitchcock County411+0.5%
34Holt County411+0.5%
34Jefferson County411+0.5%
34Johnson County411-4.4%
34Keith County411+0.5%
34Keya Paha County411+0.5%
34Knox County411+0.5%
34Logan County411+0.5%
34Loup County411+0.5%
34McPherson County411+0.5%
34Morrill County411+0.5%
34Nance County411+0.5%
34Nuckolls County411+0.5%
34Otoe County411+0.5%
34Pawnee County411+0.5%
34Perkins County411+0.5%
34Phelps County411+0.5%
34Pierce County411+0.5%
34Polk County411+0.5%
34Red Willow County411+0.5%
34Richardson County411+0.5%
34Rock County411+0.5%
34Sheridan County411+0.5%
34Sherman County411+0.5%
34Sioux County411+0.5%
34Stanton County411+0.5%
34Thayer County411+0.5%
34Thomas County411+0.5%
34Thurston County411+0.5%
34Valley County411+0.5%
34Wayne County411+0.5%
34Webster County411+0.5%
34Wheeler County411+0.5%
34York County411+0.5%
90Madison County409-4.7%
91Hamilton County389-4.9%
91Howard County389-4.9%
91Merrick County389-4.9%

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About this ranking

Monthly gross rent, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sets for an efficiency (a unit with no separate bedroom) in the HUD area that contains the county.

More on how it is measured
  • Gross rent is the rent plus all utilities paid by the tenant except telephone, cable or satellite television and internet.
  • HUD sets Fair Market Rents at the 40th percentile of gross rents paid by recent movers for standard-quality rental units, from American Community Survey data brought forward to the fiscal year; until 2018 a few metropolitan areas were set at the 50th percentile.
  • They set payment standards for Housing Choice Vouchers and rent ceilings in other HUD programs.

A policy benchmark, not a measured rent: it is lower than the median rent by design and differs from the Census Bureau median gross rent. HUD sets one value per HUD area, a metropolitan area (sometimes split into HUD Metro FMR Areas) or a non-metropolitan county, so every county of a metropolitan area shows the same figure. Counties in the six New England states have no value, because HUD defines their areas by town and a county can span several areas. Where HUD splits off part of a county, the county value is the rest of the county: Howard County, Maryland, without Columbia until FY2015, and Crawford County, Missouri, without its part of Sullivan. The year is HUD's federal fiscal year: FY2027 runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2027.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD USER. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2016). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Nebraska by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx

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HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Nebraska by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 2016. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 25 July 2016, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-efficiency/nebraska-counties?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2016. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in Nebraska by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-efficiency/nebraska-counties?period=2016.

Harvard

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2016) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Nebraska by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2016f/FY2016F-4050-RevFinal4.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-efficiency/nebraska-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly)?

Hooker County, with $538 in 2016, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

Which county has the lowest fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly)?

Merrick County, with $389 in 2016.

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