Thomas County, Nebraska Housing Market

Median Sale Price

$62,500

low-volume — YoY suppressed

Active Inventory

Days on Market

457 days

Price Drops

—

Single-Family vs. Condo

Source: Redfin (property-type breakdown)

Single-Family Median

$62,500

Buyer vs. Seller Market Indicators

Latest month — Redfin

Months of Supply

1.0 mo

Seller market

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

Sale-to-List Ratio

71.4%

Heavy price cuts

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

% Sold Above List

Buyer-favorable

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

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

$51/sqft median (Redfin)

Square footage 2,000 sqft

Bedrooms +$0 adj

Bathrooms +$0 adj

Lot size optional

Estimated price

$101,709

Above median range (+63% vs median)

Region median

$62,500

all homes

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

$600,000

≈ 11,798 sqft

$1,200,000

≈ 23,597 sqft

$2,000,000

≈ 39,328 sqft

$5,000,000

≈ 98,320 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 $55K $34K real

Net gain on $14K upfront: $41K

Range: $55K → $55K

Wealth = home value (appreciated at 3%/yr) − remaining mortgage − 6% selling cost. Gain = wealth − upfront. Leveraged appreciation on full $63K asset comes from the 20% down.

RENT + INVEST

Median ending portfolio $-179K $-132K real

Net gain on $14K contributed: $-194K

Range: $-286K → $-80K

Same upfront cash + each year's (own − rent) surplus invested in S&P 500 at actual annual returns. Median renter contributed $14K total.

Median wealth delta: $234K in favor of BUY + OWN

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	$55K	$41K	$-208K	$-222K	$263K buy
2010–2024	$55K	$41K	$-209K	$-224K	$264K buy
2009–2023	$55K	$41K	$-180K	$-194K	$235K buy
2008–2022	$55K	$41K	$-205K	$-219K	$260K buy
2007–2021	$55K	$41K	$-272K	$-286K	$327K buy
2006–2020	$55K	$41K	$-226K	$-241K	$281K buy
2005–2019	$55K	$41K	$-210K	$-224K	$265K buy
2004–2018	$55K	$41K	$-171K	$-186K	$226K buy

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

-33.3%

deficit — seller leverage

DOM vs. 24-Mo Avg

+174.5%

currently 457 days

Long-Term Avg Inventory

Long-Term Avg DOM

167 days

Mortgage & Price Stress

State HPI + national delinquency

State HPI YoY

+3.2%

positive — appreciating

State HPI vs. Peak

0.0%

at or near peak peak 2026-04-01

National Mortgage Delinquency

1.86%

benchmark — 2026-04-01 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).

Getting a Mortgage Here

CFPB HMDA 2025

Loans Actually Made

too few rulings to publish a rate

Every lender above a size threshold has to report each application and what they did with it. The denial rate here counts only applications a lender actually ruled on — approved or denied. Files the applicant withdrew, and files closed as incomplete, are left out of both halves, so this runs higher than tables that bury them in the denominator. This county had fewer than 50 ruled-on applications, where a handful of files swing the rate several points, so no rate is shown. Compare every state and county →

Value Ratios

Median home price ÷ county median income

Value / Income

0.9×

bargain

Median Household Income

$72,708

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

626

total residents

Total Housing Units

367

all units, occupied + vacant

Vacancy Rate

13.3%

elevated

Homeownership Rate

69.8%

of occupied units owner-occupied

Boomer Owners (65+)

33.3%

of homeowner households

Millennial / Gen-X Owners (35-54)

13.5%

of homeowner households

Pre-1949 Housing Stock

42.5%

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.

Who's Moving In (Census ACS)

Source: Census ACS B07001 (5-year)

Inbound Movers (1 yr)

6.07% of pop. — moved here from outside the county

From Other States

3.35% of pop. — interstate inbound

From Abroad

—

moved into the county from outside the U.S.

Same House 1 Year Ago

94%

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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