Zip lookup · NE

68520
Lincoln, Nebraska.

Lincoln, Lancaster County, NE · Lincoln, NE metro · population 2,762

What it costs per month · 68520 $3,274/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,785 (+120%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $47,498 +8%
$576,235$623,733 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $138,352 +29%
$485,381$623,733 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 68520 $3,274 United States $1,922
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 68520$3,274
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.

Typical home values in zip 68520 rose 8.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Lincoln, NE — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Asking rent $1,607 as of Jul 2026
Typical home value $623,733 as of Sep 2026
+8.2%year on year

Asking rent — 68520

Against the Lincoln, NE metro and the national benchmark.

$1,250 $1,500 $1,750 2026 68520 $1,607 Lincoln $1,285 United States $1,926
$1,250 $1,500 $1,750 2026
  • 68520$1,607
  • Lincoln$1,285
  • United States$1,926

Typical home value — 68520

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 68520 $623,733 Lincoln $300,524 United States $366,157
$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 68520$623,733
  • Lincoln$300,524
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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3.0 68461 Walton 503 — $741,634
3.7 68505 Lincoln 18,834 $1,364 $262,920
3.8 68527 Lincoln 2,318 — $523,701
4.6 68506 Lincoln 27,531 $1,260 $281,722
4.8 68526 Lincoln 7,944 $1,405 $465,548
5.0 68510 Lincoln 19,391 $1,107 $254,878
5.2 68507 Lincoln 16,029 $1,387 $248,364
6.4 68516 Lincoln 48,903 $1,466 $390,488
6.6 68503 Lincoln 15,867 $1,155 $198,715
6.8 68347 Eagle 2,508 — $355,564
6.9 68504 Lincoln 17,278 $1,190 $220,988
7.8 68502 Lincoln 25,846 $876 $239,224
8.1 68508 Lincoln 18,163 $822 $215,699
9.0 68317 Bennet 1,984 — $409,842
9.0 68512 Lincoln 13,802 $1,626 $348,357
9.5 68521 Lincoln 37,050 $1,464 $286,760
9.7 68517 Lincoln 415 — $588,990
10.4 68462 Waverly 4,928 — $350,773
10.7 68304 Alvo 414 — $287,098
10.7 68430 Roca 1,989 $1,672 $618,566
11.0 68522 Lincoln 14,836 $1,270 $278,992
11.3 68418 Palmyra 1,109 — $349,865
11.5 68523 Lincoln 2,031 — $509,622
13.2 68336 Davey 496 — $487,535
13.4 68349 Elmwood 1,224 — $275,662
13.6 68372 Hickman 4,135 — $386,503
13.7 68419 Panama 242 — $271,550
13.9 68528 Lincoln 7,273 $1,484 $289,052
14.0 68366 Greenwood 957 — $307,372
14.0 68524 Lincoln 6,139 — $259,558

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.