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ZIP 68340 · Deshler, NE · 1,003 residents · September 2026

Deshler 68340: the market leans toward sellers.

Conditions tightening in sellers' favor. Typical home value $123K, +0.6% over 12 months; listings take 188 days to sell against 60 in the median U.S. ZIP.

Sources beside every figure · Zillow, August 2026 · Realtor.com, September 2026 · Census ACS 2023 · FEMA NRI

Market balanceSeptember 2026

BuyersSellersEven
Leaning seller+12

In Mar 2026: +21

Typical value$123K+0.6% over 12 months · Zillow, Aug 2026
Days on market188 daysU.S. median ZIP 60 days · Realtor.com
Listings with a price cut0%U.S. median ZIP 20% · Realtor.com
Fair market rent$970/moHUD fair market rent, 2 bedrooms, FY 2026
Active listings20% vs a year ago · Realtor.com
Sale-to-list—No Redfin sales figure for this ZIP
HavenScore57of 100

Higher than 79% of scored ZIPs

Affordability75
Growth47
Risk53
Momentum43
Livability47

Five parts, weighted. How the score works →

The reading

Where the balance sits this month and what moved it.

Month by month, since the gauge began

  1. Mar 2026+21
  2. Apr 2026+17
  3. May 2026+21
  4. Jun 2026+24
  5. Jul 2026+23
  6. Aug 2026—no reading on record
  7. Sep 2026+12

Each block is one month’s reading, −100 (buyers) to +100 (sellers). The series starts in March 2026. A dashed block has no reading on record. How the balance is measured →

What is pulling the needle

  • 188 days on marketslower than the U.S. median ZIP's 60 days
  • 0% of listings cut pricefewer than the U.S. median ZIP's 20%
  • Sale-to-list —No sale-to-list figure for this ZIP
  • 2 active listings0% vs a year ago

Blue pulls toward buyers, orange toward sellers. Realtor.com, September 2026; Redfin.

Accelerating: prices +0.6% over the trailing year, with the market leaning toward sellers.

Asking price vs sale price
Typical value (index)$122,912Zillow ZHVI · Aug 2026
Median sale price—Redfin
Sale-to-list—Redfin
Sold above list—Redfin

Zillow's figure is a smoothed index of typical value, not a list price; Redfin's are closed sales for the month shown. A dash means Redfin has no closed-sale figure for the latest month.

Last 90 days

How the typical value and the listings moved over the last three months.

Typical valueHavenMay → Aug · Zillow
Active listingsHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
Days on marketHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
Listings with a price cutHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
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Prices

Typical home value since 2016, and how far it moved over each window.

1 year+0.6%
3 years+7.6%
5 years+34.3%
10 years+103.2%
From peak−2.1%

Zillow Home Value Index · ZIP 68340 · monthly, through August 2026

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Zillow ZHVI peaked at $125,614 in April 2026; the latest value is −2.2% from that peak, 4 months on. Since January 2019 it is +79.9%. The sharpest 12-month move was −1.2%, ending February 2026.

Zillow's typical home value here, $123K in August 2026, is 57% below the median U.S. ZIP's $289K. Over the 12 months to August 2026, Zillow's typical home value moved +0.6% here and +2.8% in the median U.S. ZIP.

Price tiers and bedrooms
Bottom tier$58K
Middle tier$123K
Top tier$333K
Single-family$123K
2 bedrooms$91K
3 bedrooms$163K

Starter homes here rose 6% in five years while top-tier homes rose 27% (Zillow ZHVI tiers) — the top of the market outpaced the bottom.

3-bedroom homes here run 79% above 2-bedrooms (Zillow ZHVI by bedroom); the NE median premium is 25%.

Zillow typical values by price tier, home type and bedrooms, August 2026.

How it ranks

Appreciation by window

WindowChangePer yearU.S. rankNebraska rank
1 year+0.6%+0.6%/yrHigher than 33% nationallyHigher than 9% in Nebraska
3 years+7.6%+2.5%/yrHigher than 51% nationallyHigher than 53% in Nebraska
5 years+34.3%+6.1%/yrTop 17% nationallyTop 9% in Nebraska
10 years+103.2%+7.3%/yrTop 21% nationallyTop 13% in Nebraska
Since 2016+107.5%+7.2%/yr——

Zillow ZHVI · rank among scored ZIPs

This time of year Haven
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Forecast

Where the typical value is likely to be over the next 3 to 12 months, with the range the model has earned, and up to 36 months with Pro.

Last three years, then the forecast band

HavenScore Forecast Model (v1) · run October 1, 2026
$110K$115K$120K$125K$130K$123K202420252026$110K$115K$120K$125K$130K$123K202420252026
3 months$123K+0.2% · $120K–$127KLow confidence
6 monthsHaven
12 monthsHaven
24 monthsPro
36 monthsPro
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A forecast is a range, not a promise; the confidence word says how wide it is. How the forecast works →

Of the 3-month ranges we published since December 2025, 54% contained the actual price.

Payment

What a typical home here costs each month, against the typical income.

Monthly payment

$1,01319% of the median household income here ($64,271)
Principal and interest$726
Property tax$167
Insurance$51
Mortgage insurance$69

Inside the 28% line lenders use for housing costs. Rate is the Freddie Mac average for September 2026; tax is the state's statutory rate.

Insurance is assumed at 0.5% of the home's value a year; Treasury's Federal Insurance Office did not publish a premium for this ZIP.

Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms$970
vs
Payment on a typical purchase$1,013

Buying costs $43 a month more than the HUD fair market rent for a 2-bedroom here (FY 2026), before tax effects and maintenance.

Like for like: the HUD fair market rent for a 3-bedroom here is $1,170 a month (FY 2026), against a typical 3-bedroom value of $163K (Zillow, August 2026) — a 8.6% gross rent yield.

Price-to-income ladder

Median home value ÷ median household income · Zillow ZHVI, Census ACS · under 4× has historically been comfortable

Cost of owning over time Haven
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The place

What it costs to own here beyond the price, and what the neighborhood is like.

Median household income$64,271Census ACS
Price to income1.9×long-run average 1.4×
Property tax1.63%statutory, state
Insurance—typical premium
Commute11 minmedian, one way
Walkability6 / 20EPA index
Hazard ratingVery HighFEMA NRI · wildfire 88 · flood 93
Population change+2.6% a year2018–2023, Census ACS
Median year built1950Census ACS
Owner-occupied77%Census ACS

Typical homes cost 1.9× the median household income here, against 3.6× in the median NE ZIP and 4.3× in the median U.S. ZIP (Zillow, August 2026; Census ACS 2023). Median household income is $64,271 here, against $71,388 in the median U.S. ZIP (Census ACS 2023).

Hazard ledger
Overall riskVery Highscore 99 of 100 · county median 98
Flood93 of 100county median 87
Wildfire88 of 100county median 88
Hurricane—no FEMA score for this ZIP

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 release, refreshed annually · tract-level rolled up to ZIP · not a property-level rating · no future-year projection · the tick is the median of 8 scored ZIPs in Thayer County.

Housing cost burden
Owners spending over 50% of income6%U.S. median ZIP 5%
Renters spending over 30% of income47%U.S. median ZIP 39%

Census ACS 2023 five-year estimates · the tick is the U.S. median ZIP.

Behind the score

The inputs behind each of the five parts, against the U.S. median ZIP.

Affordability

75

Growth

47

Risk

53

Momentum

43
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Livability

47
Walkability6 / 20EPA Smart Location DatabaseLeast walkable
Transit access—EPA Smart Location DatabaseNo transit data
Job density4 jobs per sq miCensus LODESFew jobs nearby

Nearby

5 scored Nebraska ZIPs within 12 miles; the ones below score within ten points and cost less.

Sources and freshness

Every figure on this page, where it came from and when.

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ZillowHome values, rents, price tiersAugust 2026
Realtor.comListings, days on market, price cutsSeptember 2026
RedfinSale-to-list, sold above list—
Census ACSIncome, commute, population, housing stock2023 five-year
FEMA National Risk IndexHazard ratingsDecember 2025 release
EPAWalkability2021
HUDFair market rent, 2 bedroomsFY 2026
Freddie MacMortgage rateSeptember 2026, monthly average
HavenScoreScore, balance, forecastScored October 1, 2026

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