Gage County, Nebraska Housing Market

Median Sale Price

$193,849

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Active Inventory

Days on Market

37 days

Price Drops

25.0%

Single-Family vs. Condo

Source: Redfin (property-type breakdown)

Single-Family Median

$193,849

-9.0% YoY

Condo / Co-op Median

$220,000

SFR vs. Condo YoY Gap

-99.5%

condos outperforming SFR

DOM: SFR vs. Condo

37d / 68d

SFR / Condo

Buyer vs. Seller Market Indicators

Latest month — Redfin

Months of Supply

2.6 mo

Seller market

Inventory ÷ monthly sales. Below 3 = strong seller market; 3-6 balanced; above 6 = buyer market.

Sale-to-List Ratio

98.9%

At asking

Median closing price ÷ original list price. Above 100% = homes routinely closing above asking.

% Sold Above List

29%

Mixed

Share of closed sales priced above asking. The single cleanest read on bidder competition.

What does your sqft target cost in Gage County, Nebraska?

$109/sqft median (Redfin)

Square footage 2,000 sqft

Bedrooms +$0 adj

Bathrooms +$0 adj

Lot size optional

Estimated price

$218,709

Above median (+13% vs median)

Region median

$193,849

all homes

Price-tier reverse lookup — what sqft does each price band buy?

$600,000

≈ 5,487 sqft

$1,200,000

≈ 10,974 sqft

$2,000,000

≈ 18,289 sqft

$5,000,000

≈ 45,723 sqft

Estimate = (median $/sqft × your sqft) + bed/bath/lot adjustments. Bed and bath adjustments use Appraisal Institute / Fannie Mae standard rules of thumb (~$15K/extra bedroom, ~$20K/extra bathroom vs. a 3bd/2ba baseline; half-bath = half adj). Lot premium is a $1.50/sqft heuristic beyond a 6,000 sqft baseline — accuracy varies sharply by urban infill vs. acreage market. Quality, condition, year built, and HOA are not modeled here. For a deeper county-level hedonic AVM, see AVM Lite.

Rent + invest vs. buy + own — backtested

15-yr rolling history · S&P 500

Property type:

Home price

Monthly rent

Down %

Rate %

Property tax %

Insurance / yr

Maintenance %

HOA / mo

Home appreciation %

Rent inflation %

Horizon (yrs)

Invest in

After-tax mode (MID, SALT, LTCG, Sec 121) Show inflation-adjusted (real) side-by-side VA loan (0% down, no PMI, funding fee)

BUY + OWN

Median ending wealth $170K $104K real

Net gain on $45K upfront: $126K

Range: $170K → $170K

Wealth = home value (appreciated at 3%/yr) − remaining mortgage − 6% selling cost. Gain = wealth − upfront. Leveraged appreciation on full $194K asset comes from the 20% down.

RENT + INVEST

Median ending portfolio $352K $238K real

Net gain on $113K contributed: $239K

Range: $161K → $949K

Same upfront cash + each year's (own − rent) surplus invested in S&P 500 at actual annual returns. Median renter contributed $113K total.

Median wealth delta: $182K in favor of RENT + INVEST

What if you'd started in a recent year? (most-recent 15yr window: 2011–2025)

Window	Buy wealth	Buy gain	Rent wealth	Rent gain	Wealth delta
2011–2025	$170K	$126K	$527K	$413K	$357K rent
2010–2024	$170K	$126K	$539K	$425K	$368K rent
2009–2023	$170K	$126K	$521K	$408K	$351K rent
2008–2022	$170K	$126K	$345K	$231K	$174K rent
2007–2021	$170K	$126K	$445K	$332K	$275K rent
2006–2020	$170K	$126K	$382K	$269K	$212K rent
2005–2019	$170K	$126K	$342K	$229K	$172K rent
2004–2018	$170K	$126K	$282K	$169K	$112K rent

Educational tool, not investment or real-estate advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Backtests use actual annual total returns including dividends from S&P 500 (Damodaran (NYU Stern) annual total return (with dividends), 1957-present.).

Buyer model: 30-yr fixed mortgage, P&I + property tax + insurance + maintenance (1% of value/yr) + HOA. Selling cost = 6%. Investor model: down payment + annual cashflow surplus invested in the chosen index at that calendar year's actual return.

Tax model: pre-tax comparison. Toggle "after-tax mode" to apply MID, SALT, LTCG, and the Sec 121 capital-gains exclusion.

This calculator does not adjust for: PMI (assumed 20%+ down), differential transaction costs by state, lifestyle factors (commute, schools, kids), illiquidity / forced-sale risk, or insurance availability constraints (e.g., FL/CA wildfire). Consult a fiduciary advisor and tax professional before acting on any of this.

Market Pressure Signals

Derived from Redfin trend

Inventory vs. Long-Term Avg

+2.5%

roughly balanced

DOM vs. 24-Mo Avg

+24.9%

currently 37 days

Long-Term Avg Inventory

Long-Term Avg DOM

30 days

Mortgage & Price Stress

State HPI + national delinquency

State HPI YoY

+3.6%

positive — appreciating

State HPI vs. Peak

0.0%

at or near peak peak 2025-10-01

National Mortgage Delinquency

1.89%

benchmark — 2026-01-01 county-grain delinquency requires paid data

State-grain HPI YoY + drawdown from peak is the cleanest free price-stress proxy. The national delinquency rate gives the macro mortgage-stress backdrop. True county-level mortgage delinquency lives in paid datasets (MBA NDS, CoreLogic LP).

Value Ratios

Median home price ÷ county median income

Value / Income

3.0×

fair value

Median Household Income

$64,426

Census ACS B19013

Historically affordable markets sit at 3–4× income; over 5× is stretched, over 6× is severely overvalued. Lower ratios point to bargain opportunities.

Housing Stock & Owners

Census ACS 5-year (B19013, B01003, B25002, B25003, B25034, B25007)

Population

21,646

total residents

Total Housing Units

10,390

all units, occupied + vacant

Vacancy Rate

11.8%

elevated

Homeownership Rate

72.3%

of occupied units owner-occupied

Boomer Owners (65+)

26.6%

of homeowner households

Millennial / Gen-X Owners (35-54)

8.0%

of homeowner households

Pre-1949 Housing Stock

38.4%

structures built before 1949

When boomer-owner share is high, expect more inventory hitting the market over the next decade as homes transition. High vacancy + high old-stock often signals deferred-maintenance markets where buyers can negotiate.

Net Migration (IRS Tax Returns)

IRS Statistics of Income — Migration Data

Net Migration

+51

gaining people (2022–2023)

Inbound Returns

222

433 people moved in

Outbound Returns

218

382 people moved out

Net Returns

household-filer basis

Top 5 Origins (where movers came from)

Lancaster, Nebraska — 149 returns
Saline, Nebraska — 28 returns
Douglas, Nebraska — 24 returns
Jefferson, Nebraska — 21 returns

Top 5 Destinations (where movers went)

Lancaster, Nebraska — 155 returns
Jefferson, Nebraska — 41 returns
Douglas, Nebraska — 22 returns

IRS Statistics of Income tracks county-to-county migration via tax-return change-of-address. Net migration uses the exemption count (a proxy for people, including dependents). True net flow can lag by 1–2 years vs. real-time movements.

Who's Moving In (Census ACS)

Source: Census ACS B07001 (5-year)

Inbound Movers (1 yr)

927

4.32% of pop. — moved here from outside the county

From Other States

133

0.62% of pop. — interstate inbound

From Abroad

moved into the county from outside the U.S.

Same House 1 Year Ago

88%

stable residents

Census ACS asks where people lived 1 year ago, so this counts inbound movers but does not show outbound — true net migration would require IRS SOI parsing.

Trends

Up to 5 years of monthly data

Median Sale Price

Trailing 12 months

Active Inventory

Trailing 12 months

Days on Market

Trailing 12 months

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