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

Cass County had the highest fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly) of 93 counties in 2018, at $744. Wheeler County had the lowest, at $491. The median was $506. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

Highest744Cass County
Median50693 counties

Top 40 counties, 2018

Cass County: 744 USDCass County744Douglas County: 744 USDDouglas County744Sarpy County: 744 USDSarpy County744Washington County: 744 USDWashington County744Lancaster County: 634 USDLancaster County634Arthur County: 606 USDArthur County606Dakota County: 606 USDDakota County606Dixon County: 606 USDDixon County606Saunders County: 583 USDSaunders County583Kearney County: 580 USDKearney County580Hall County: 579 USDHall County579Saline County: 574 USDSaline County574Antelope County: 569 USDAntelope County569Boone County: 569 USDBoone County569Clay County: 569 USDClay County569Knox County: 569 USDKnox County569Morrill County: 569 USDMorrill County569Nance County: 569 USDNance County569Nuckolls County: 569 USDNuckolls County569Pierce County: 569 USDPierce County569Richardson County: 569 USDRichardson County569Sheridan County: 561 USDSheridan County561Merrick County: 560 USDMerrick County560Cheyenne County: 559 USDCheyenne County559Seward County: 551 USDSeward County551Dodge County: 550 USDDodge County550Box Butte County: 547 USDBox Butte County547Buffalo County: 545 USDBuffalo County545Hayes County: 544 USDHayes County544York County: 541 USDYork County541Fillmore County: 538 USDFillmore County538Nemaha County: 535 USDNemaha County535Holt County: 532 USDHolt County532Hamilton County: 530 USDHamilton County530Brown County: 529 USDBrown County529Colfax County: 528 USDColfax County528Dawson County: 528 USDDawson County528Platte County: 525 USDPlatte County525Adams County: 524 USDAdams County524Kimball County: 522 USDKimball County522
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2018
USD
Change on 2017
1Cass County744+4.1%
1Douglas County744+4.1%
1Sarpy County744+4.1%
1Washington County744+4.1%
5Lancaster County634+4.6%
6Arthur County606+1.5%
6Dakota County606+6.9%
6Dixon County606+6.9%
9Saunders County583+4.7%
10Kearney County580+10.1%
11Hall County579+8.8%
12Saline County574+1.8%
13Antelope County569+4%
13Boone County569+1.6%
13Clay County569+1.6%
13Knox County569+1.6%
13Morrill County569+17.1%
13Nance County569+17.1%
13Nuckolls County569+1.6%
13Pierce County569+1.6%
13Richardson County569+1.6%
22Sheridan County561+0.2%
23Merrick County5600%
24Cheyenne County559+2.9%
25Seward County551+1.1%
26Dodge County550-1.8%
27Box Butte County547-1.6%
28Buffalo County545-1.1%
29Hayes County544-1.1%
30York County5410%
31Fillmore County538+4.5%
32Nemaha County535+10.1%
33Holt County532+2.9%
34Hamilton County530+9.1%
35Brown County529+1.9%
36Colfax County528+1.5%
36Dawson County528+6.5%
38Platte County525-2.6%
39Adams County524+6.5%
40Kimball County522+1.6%
41Cherry County521+3.2%
42Madison County520+1.4%
43Phelps County519+6.8%
44Lincoln County513-1.2%
44Scotts Bluff County513-2.1%
46Thayer County510+0.8%
47Cuming County506+2.4%
47Sherman County506-0.2%
49Boyd County504-10%
50Burt County503+1%
51Dawes County502-1%
52Franklin County499-6%
53Otoe County498-1.6%
54Blaine County495-0.4%
55Polk County494+1.2%
56Banner County491+1%
56Butler County491+1%
56Cedar County491+1%
56Chase County491+0.4%
56Custer County491+1%
56Deuel County491-4.1%
56Dundy County491+1%
56Frontier County491+0.4%
56Furnas County491+1%
56Gage County491-3.5%
56Garden County491+1%
56Garfield County491-5.9%
56Gosper County491+1%
56Grant County491+1%
56Greeley County491+1%
56Harlan County491+1%
56Hitchcock County491+1%
56Hooker County491+1%
56Howard County491+1%
56Jefferson County491+1%
56Johnson County491+1%
56Keith County491+1%
56Keya Paha County491+1%
56Logan County491+1%
56Loup County491+1%
56McPherson County491-0.2%
56Pawnee County491+1%
56Perkins County491+1%
56Red Willow County491+1%
56Rock County491+1%
56Sioux County491+1%
56Stanton County491-1.4%
56Thomas County491+1%
56Thurston County491+1%
56Valley County491+1%
56Wayne County491+1%
56Webster County491+1%
56Wheeler County491+1%

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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 a one-bedroom unit in the HUD area that contains the county. 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: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2018/FY18_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. (2018). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Nebraska by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2018/FY18_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx

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HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Nebraska by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2018. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 13 Feb. 2018, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2018/FY18_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/nebraska-counties?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2018. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in Nebraska by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2018/FY18_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/nebraska-counties?period=2018.

Harvard

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2018) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Nebraska by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2018/FY18_4050_FMRs_rev.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/nebraska-counties?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Cass County, with $744 in 2018, 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, one bedroom (HUD, monthly)?

Wheeler County, with $491 in 2018.

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: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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