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 2023, at $801. Wheeler County had the lowest, at $562. The median was $562. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest801Cass County
Median56293 counties

Map of counties, 2023

Adams County: 621 USDAntelope County: 562 USDArthur County: 570 USDBanner County: 570 USDBlaine County: 570 USDBoone County: 562 USDBox Butte County: 590 USDBoyd County: 562 USDBrown County: 562 USDBuffalo County: 640 USDBurt County: 562 USDButler County: 577 USDCass County: 801 USDCedar County: 562 USDChase County: 562 USDCherry County: 562 USDCheyenne County: 613 USDClay County: 562 USDColfax County: 582 USDCuming County: 562 USDCuster County: 562 USDDakota County: 620 USDDawes County: 584 USDDawson County: 592 USDDeuel County: 562 USDDixon County: 620 USDDodge County: 637 USDDouglas County: 801 USDDundy County: 562 USDFillmore County: 562 USDFranklin County: 562 USDFrontier County: 562 USDFurnas County: 562 USDGage County: 562 USDGarden County: 570 USDGarfield County: 562 USDGosper County: 576 USDGrant County: 570 USDGreeley County: 562 USDHall County: 609 USDHamilton County: 562 USDHarlan County: 562 USDHayes County: 562 USDHitchcock County: 562 USDHolt County: 562 USDHooker County: 562 USDHoward County: 576 USDJefferson County: 562 USDJohnson County: 562 USDKearney County: 573 USDKeith County: 562 USDKeya Paha County: 562 USDKimball County: 562 USDKnox County: 562 USDLancaster County: 684 USDLincoln County: 648 USDLogan County: 562 USDLoup County: 570 USDMcPherson County: 570 USDMadison County: 592 USDMerrick County: 576 USDMorrill County: 592 USDNance County: 562 USDNemaha County: 562 USDNuckolls County: 562 USDOtoe County: 563 USDPawnee County: 562 USDPerkins County: 562 USDPhelps County: 562 USDPierce County: 562 USDPlatte County: 610 USDPolk County: 562 USDRed Willow County: 562 USDRichardson County: 562 USDRock County: 562 USDSaline County: 562 USDSarpy County: 801 USDSaunders County: 637 USDScotts Bluff County: 693 USDSeward County: 580 USDSheridan County: 562 USDSherman County: 562 USDSioux County: 562 USDStanton County: 759 USDThayer County: 562 USDThomas County: 562 USDThurston County: 562 USDValley County: 562 USDWashington County: 801 USDWayne County: 574 USDWebster County: 562 USDWheeler County: 562 USDYork County: 615 USD
  • Under 570
  • 570 to 610
  • 610 and over
USD, 2023. 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, 2023

Cass County: 801 USDCass County801Douglas County: 801 USDDouglas County801Sarpy County: 801 USDSarpy County801Washington County: 801 USDWashington County801Stanton County: 759 USDStanton County759Scotts Bluff County: 693 USDScotts Bluff County693Lancaster County: 684 USDLancaster County684Lincoln County: 648 USDLincoln County648Buffalo County: 640 USDBuffalo County640Dodge County: 637 USDDodge County637Saunders County: 637 USDSaunders County637Adams County: 621 USDAdams County621Dakota County: 620 USDDakota County620Dixon County: 620 USDDixon County620York County: 615 USDYork County615Cheyenne County: 613 USDCheyenne County613Platte County: 610 USDPlatte County610Hall County: 609 USDHall County609Dawson County: 592 USDDawson County592Madison County: 592 USDMadison County592Morrill County: 592 USDMorrill County592Box Butte County: 590 USDBox Butte County590Dawes County: 584 USDDawes County584Colfax County: 582 USDColfax County582Seward County: 580 USDSeward County580Butler County: 577 USDButler County577Gosper County: 576 USDGosper County576Howard County: 576 USDHoward County576Merrick County: 576 USDMerrick County576Wayne County: 574 USDWayne County574Kearney County: 573 USDKearney County573Arthur County: 570 USDArthur County570Banner County: 570 USDBanner County570Blaine County: 570 USDBlaine County570Garden County: 570 USDGarden County570Grant County: 570 USDGrant County570Loup County: 570 USDLoup County570McPherson County: 570 USDMcPherson County570Otoe County: 563 USDOtoe County563Antelope County: 562 USDAntelope County562Cass County: 801 USDCass County801Douglas County: 801 USDDouglas County801Sarpy County: 801 USDSarpy County801Washington County: 801 USDWashington County801Stanton County: 759 USDStanton County759Scotts Bluff County: 693 USDScotts Bluff County693Lancaster County: 684 USDLancaster County684Lincoln County: 648 USDLincoln County648Buffalo County: 640 USDBuffalo County640Dodge County: 637 USDDodge County637Saunders County: 637 USDSaunders County637Adams County: 621 USDAdams County621Dakota County: 620 USDDakota County620Dixon County: 620 USDDixon County620York County: 615 USDYork County615Cheyenne County: 613 USDCheyenne County613Platte County: 610 USDPlatte County610Hall County: 609 USDHall County609Dawson County: 592 USDDawson County592Madison County: 592 USDMadison County592Morrill County: 592 USDMorrill County592Box Butte County: 590 USDBox Butte County590Dawes County: 584 USDDawes County584Colfax County: 582 USDColfax County582Seward County: 580 USDSeward County580Butler County: 577 USDButler County577Gosper County: 576 USDGosper County576Howard County: 576 USDHoward County576Merrick County: 576 USDMerrick County576Wayne County: 574 USDWayne County574Kearney County: 573 USDKearney County573Arthur County: 570 USDArthur County570Banner County: 570 USDBanner County570Blaine County: 570 USDBlaine County570Garden County: 570 USDGarden County570Grant County: 570 USDGrant County570Loup County: 570 USDLoup County570McPherson County: 570 USDMcPherson County570Otoe County: 563 USDOtoe County563Antelope County: 562 USDAntelope County562
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2023
USD
Change on 2022
1Cass County801+14.8%
1Douglas County801+14.8%
1Sarpy County801+14.8%
1Washington County801+14.8%
5Stanton County759+15.7%
6Scotts Bluff County693+13.6%
7Lancaster County684+9.6%
8Lincoln County648+13.1%
9Buffalo County640+15.3%
10Dodge County637+12.9%
10Saunders County637+15.2%
12Adams County621+21.5%
13Dakota County620+7.3%
13Dixon County620+7.3%
15York County615+16.7%
16Cheyenne County613+19.3%
17Platte County610+13.8%
18Hall County609+8.9%
19Dawson County592+13.4%
19Madison County592+13.8%
19Morrill County592+10.2%
22Box Butte County590+16.4%
23Dawes County584+15.2%
24Colfax County582+14.8%
25Seward County580+15.3%
26Butler County577+12%
27Gosper County576+13.6%
27Howard County576+4.3%
27Merrick County576+4.3%
30Wayne County574+10.4%
31Kearney County573+12.6%
32Arthur County570+12.4%
32Banner County570+12.4%
32Blaine County570+12.4%
32Garden County570+12.4%
32Grant County570+12.4%
32Loup County570+12.4%
32McPherson County570+12.4%
39Otoe County563+11%
40Antelope County562+10.8%
40Boone County562+10.8%
40Boyd County562+10.8%
40Brown County562+10.8%
40Burt County562+10.8%
40Cedar County562+10.8%
40Chase County562+10.8%
40Cherry County562+7.9%
40Clay County562+10.8%
40Cuming County562+10.8%
40Custer County562+10.8%
40Deuel County562+10.8%
40Dundy County562+10.8%
40Fillmore County562+10.8%
40Franklin County562+10.8%
40Frontier County562+10.8%
40Furnas County562+10.8%
40Gage County562+10.8%
40Garfield County562+10.8%
40Greeley County562+10.8%
40Hamilton County562+10.8%
40Harlan County562+10.8%
40Hayes County562+10.8%
40Hitchcock County562+10.8%
40Holt County562+10.8%
40Hooker County562+10.8%
40Jefferson County562+10.8%
40Johnson County562+10.8%
40Keith County562+10.8%
40Keya Paha County562+10.8%
40Kimball County562+10.8%
40Knox County562+10.8%
40Logan County562+10.8%
40Nance County562+10.8%
40Nemaha County562+10.8%
40Nuckolls County562+10.8%
40Pawnee County562+10.8%
40Perkins County562+10.8%
40Phelps County562+10.8%
40Pierce County562+10.8%
40Polk County562+10.8%
40Red Willow County562+10.8%
40Richardson County562+10.8%
40Rock County562+10.8%
40Saline County562+5.8%
40Sheridan County562+10.8%
40Sherman County562+10.8%
40Sioux County562+10.8%
40Thayer County562+10.8%
40Thomas County562+3.7%
40Thurston County562+10.8%
40Valley County562+10.8%
40Webster County562+10.8%
40Wheeler County562+10.8%

Other periods

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/fmr2023/FY23_FMRs_revised.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2023). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Nebraska by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2023/FY23_FMRs_revised.xlsx

MLA 9

HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Nebraska by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 2023. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 15 Mar. 2023, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2023/FY23_FMRs_revised.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-efficiency/nebraska-counties?period=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2023. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in Nebraska by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2023/FY23_FMRs_revised.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-efficiency/nebraska-counties?period=2023.

Harvard

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2023) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Nebraska by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2023/FY23_FMRs_revised.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-efficiency/nebraska-counties?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{department_counties_in_nebraska_by_2023,
  author = {{U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research}},
  title = {{HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars: Counties in Nebraska by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 2023}},
  year = {2023},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2023/FY23_FMRs_revised.xlsx},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-efficiency/nebraska-counties?period=2023. 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/fmr2023/FY23\_FMRs\_revised.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research
TI  - HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars: Counties in Nebraska by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 2023
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/03/15
PB  - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2023/FY23_FMRs_revised.xlsx
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-efficiency/nebraska-counties?period=2023
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-efficiency/nebraska-counties?period=2023.
N1  - 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/fmr2023/FY23_FMRs_revised.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  - 
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank Counties in Nebraska by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly) using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"fair_market_rent_0br","level":"province","within":"Nebraska","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=fair_market_rent_0br&level=province&within=Nebraska&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

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

Cass County, with $801 in 2023, 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)?

Wheeler County, with $562 in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly): other rankings

Counties in Nebraska: more rankings