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

Cass County had the highest fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly) of 93 counties in 2020, at $650. York County had the lowest, at $455. The median was $455. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest650Cass County
Lowest455York County
Median45593 counties

Map of counties, 2020

Adams County: 455 USDAntelope County: 455 USDArthur County: 538 USDBanner County: 455 USDBlaine County: 455 USDBoone County: 455 USDBox Butte County: 455 USDBoyd County: 455 USDBrown County: 475 USDBuffalo County: 509 USDBurt County: 455 USDButler County: 460 USDCass County: 650 USDCedar County: 455 USDChase County: 455 USDCherry County: 455 USDCheyenne County: 455 USDClay County: 455 USDColfax County: 455 USDCuming County: 455 USDCuster County: 455 USDDakota County: 523 USDDawes County: 463 USDDawson County: 457 USDDeuel County: 455 USDDixon County: 523 USDDodge County: 531 USDDouglas County: 650 USDDundy County: 455 USDFillmore County: 455 USDFranklin County: 455 USDFrontier County: 455 USDFurnas County: 455 USDGage County: 455 USDGarden County: 455 USDGarfield County: 455 USDGosper County: 455 USDGrant County: 455 USDGreeley County: 455 USDHall County: 557 USDHamilton County: 504 USDHarlan County: 455 USDHayes County: 500 USDHitchcock County: 455 USDHolt County: 455 USDHooker County: 455 USDHoward County: 498 USDJefferson County: 455 USDJohnson County: 455 USDKearney County: 486 USDKeith County: 526 USDKeya Paha County: 455 USDKimball County: 457 USDKnox County: 455 USDLancaster County: 621 USDLincoln County: 536 USDLogan County: 455 USDLoup County: 455 USDMcPherson County: 455 USDMadison County: 466 USDMerrick County: 498 USDMorrill County: 476 USDNance County: 455 USDNemaha County: 522 USDNuckolls County: 455 USDOtoe County: 468 USDPawnee County: 455 USDPerkins County: 455 USDPhelps County: 455 USDPierce County: 455 USDPlatte County: 494 USDPolk County: 455 USDRed Willow County: 455 USDRichardson County: 455 USDRock County: 455 USDSaline County: 528 USDSarpy County: 650 USDSaunders County: 522 USDScotts Bluff County: 472 USDSeward County: 525 USDSheridan County: 455 USDSherman County: 455 USDSioux County: 455 USDStanton County: 504 USDThayer County: 455 USDThomas County: 457 USDThurston County: 526 USDValley County: 455 USDWashington County: 650 USDWayne County: 455 USDWebster County: 526 USDWheeler County: 455 USDYork County: 455 USD
  • Under 460
  • 460 to 520
  • 520 and over
USD, 2020. 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, 2020

Cass County: 650 USDCass County650Douglas County: 650 USDDouglas County650Sarpy County: 650 USDSarpy County650Washington County: 650 USDWashington County650Lancaster County: 621 USDLancaster County621Hall County: 557 USDHall County557Arthur County: 538 USDArthur County538Lincoln County: 536 USDLincoln County536Dodge County: 531 USDDodge County531Saline County: 528 USDSaline County528Keith County: 526 USDKeith County526Thurston County: 526 USDThurston County526Webster County: 526 USDWebster County526Seward County: 525 USDSeward County525Dakota County: 523 USDDakota County523Dixon County: 523 USDDixon County523Nemaha County: 522 USDNemaha County522Saunders County: 522 USDSaunders County522Buffalo County: 509 USDBuffalo County509Hamilton County: 504 USDHamilton County504Stanton County: 504 USDStanton County504Hayes County: 500 USDHayes County500Howard County: 498 USDHoward County498Merrick County: 498 USDMerrick County498Platte County: 494 USDPlatte County494Kearney County: 486 USDKearney County486Morrill County: 476 USDMorrill County476Brown County: 475 USDBrown County475Scotts Bluff County: 472 USDScotts Bluff County472Otoe County: 468 USDOtoe County468Madison County: 466 USDMadison County466Dawes County: 463 USDDawes County463Butler County: 460 USDButler County460Dawson County: 457 USDDawson County457Kimball County: 457 USDKimball County457Thomas County: 457 USDThomas County457Adams County: 455 USDAdams County455Antelope County: 455 USDAntelope County455Banner County: 455 USDBanner County455Blaine County: 455 USDBlaine County455Cass County: 650 USDCass County650Douglas County: 650 USDDouglas County650Sarpy County: 650 USDSarpy County650Washington County: 650 USDWashington County650Lancaster County: 621 USDLancaster County621Hall County: 557 USDHall County557Arthur County: 538 USDArthur County538Lincoln County: 536 USDLincoln County536Dodge County: 531 USDDodge County531Saline County: 528 USDSaline County528Keith County: 526 USDKeith County526Thurston County: 526 USDThurston County526Webster County: 526 USDWebster County526Seward County: 525 USDSeward County525Dakota County: 523 USDDakota County523Dixon County: 523 USDDixon County523Nemaha County: 522 USDNemaha County522Saunders County: 522 USDSaunders County522Buffalo County: 509 USDBuffalo County509Hamilton County: 504 USDHamilton County504Stanton County: 504 USDStanton County504Hayes County: 500 USDHayes County500Howard County: 498 USDHoward County498Merrick County: 498 USDMerrick County498Platte County: 494 USDPlatte County494Kearney County: 486 USDKearney County486Morrill County: 476 USDMorrill County476Brown County: 475 USDBrown County475Scotts Bluff County: 472 USDScotts Bluff County472Otoe County: 468 USDOtoe County468Madison County: 466 USDMadison County466Dawes County: 463 USDDawes County463Butler County: 460 USDButler County460Dawson County: 457 USDDawson County457Kimball County: 457 USDKimball County457Thomas County: 457 USDThomas County457Adams County: 455 USDAdams County455Antelope County: 455 USDAntelope County455Banner County: 455 USDBanner County455Blaine County: 455 USDBlaine County455
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2020
USD
Change on 2019
1Cass County650+4.3%
1Douglas County650+4.3%
1Sarpy County650+4.3%
1Washington County650+4.3%
5Lancaster County621+9.5%
6Hall County557+6.7%
7Arthur County538-9%
8Lincoln County536+1.9%
9Dodge County531-9.8%
10Saline County528-6.5%
11Keith County526-0.4%
11Thurston County5260%
11Webster County5260%
14Seward County525+6.1%
15Dakota County523-0.8%
15Dixon County523-0.8%
17Nemaha County522-1.1%
17Saunders County522+2.2%
19Buffalo County509-3.6%
20Hamilton County504+2.4%
20Stanton County504+3.5%
22Hayes County500-6.9%
23Howard County498+1.2%
23Merrick County498+1.2%
25Platte County494-5.5%
26Kearney County486-6.7%
27Morrill County476-3.1%
28Brown County475-9.2%
29Scotts Bluff County472-7.3%
30Otoe County468-5.5%
31Madison County466-7.9%
32Dawes County463-7.2%
33Butler County460-2.5%
34Dawson County457-4.4%
34Kimball County457-8.8%
34Thomas County4570%
37Adams County455-6.2%
37Antelope County455-0.4%
37Banner County455-6.4%
37Blaine County455-4.4%
37Boone County455-0.4%
37Box Butte County455-0.4%
37Boyd County455-0.4%
37Burt County455-5.4%
37Cedar County455-0.4%
37Chase County455-0.4%
37Cherry County455-0.4%
37Cheyenne County455-0.4%
37Clay County455-0.4%
37Colfax County455-0.4%
37Cuming County455-0.4%
37Custer County455-0.4%
37Deuel County455-4%
37Dundy County455-6.4%
37Fillmore County455-0.4%
37Franklin County455-0.4%
37Frontier County455-0.4%
37Furnas County455-0.4%
37Gage County455-5.8%
37Garden County455-0.4%
37Garfield County455-0.4%
37Gosper County455-0.4%
37Grant County455-6.4%
37Greeley County455-0.4%
37Harlan County455-0.4%
37Hitchcock County455-0.4%
37Holt County455-0.4%
37Hooker County455-6.4%
37Jefferson County455-0.4%
37Johnson County455-0.4%
37Keya Paha County455-3.2%
37Knox County455-0.4%
37Logan County455-0.4%
37Loup County455-0.4%
37McPherson County455-6.4%
37Nance County455-0.4%
37Nuckolls County455-0.4%
37Pawnee County455-0.4%
37Perkins County455-0.4%
37Phelps County455-0.4%
37Pierce County455-0.4%
37Polk County455-0.4%
37Red Willow County455-3.2%
37Richardson County455-0.4%
37Rock County455-0.4%
37Sheridan County455-0.4%
37Sherman County455-0.4%
37Sioux County455-0.4%
37Thayer County455-0.4%
37Valley County455-0.4%
37Wayne County455-0.4%
37Wheeler County455-6.4%
37York County455-5.2%

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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.

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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/fmr2020/FY20_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2020). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Nebraska by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2020/FY20_4050_FMRs_rev.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), 2020. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 2 Mar. 2020, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2020/FY20_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-efficiency/nebraska-counties?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2020. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in Nebraska by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2020/FY20_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-efficiency/nebraska-counties?period=2020.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2020) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Nebraska by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2020/FY20_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-efficiency/nebraska-counties?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-efficiency/nebraska-counties?period=2020. Publisher attribution: 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/fmr2020/FY20\_4050\_FMRs\_rev.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which county has the highest fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly)?

Cass County, with $650 in 2020, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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York County, with $455 in 2020.

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