Zip lookup · NE

68701
Norfolk, Nebraska.

Norfolk, Madison County, NE · Norfolk, NE metro · population 31,417

What it costs per month · 68701 $1,355/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$712 (+111%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $8,411 +3%
$249,753$258,164 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $58,962 +30%
$199,202$258,164 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.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 68701 $1,355 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 68701$1,355
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.

Typical home values in zip 68701 rose 3.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Asking rents in zip 68701 rose 2.7% over the past year — in step with the nation.

Owning the typical home in zip 68701 runs $669/mo more than renting one — the widest that gap has been in this data.

That is $1,916 a month against $1,247 rent: a $1,355 mortgage payment, plus $284 property tax and $276 insurance & upkeep.

Owning vs renting — zip 68701

The owning line is the typical home's monthly payment at that month's rate, plus property tax and insurance & upkeep; the renting line is the typical asking rent; the grey line is the mortgage payment on its own. Same homes, same months, both ways of paying for a roof.

$1,200 $1,400 $1,600 $1,800 2025 2026 Owning all in $1,916 Renting $1,247 Mortgage only $1,355
$1,200 $1,400 $1,600 $1,800 2025 2026
  • Owning all in$1,916
  • Renting$1,247
  • Mortgage only$1,355

Property tax · $284/mo 1.32% of value a year — the ACS 2020-2024 median bill over the median home value for 3 counties

Insurance & upkeep · $276/mo insurance, maintenance and repairs together, from the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey — the national figure for mortgaged homeowners, scaled to this market's home value. BLS publishes the three bundled and they cannot be split.

Both are priced off the same month's home value, so they rise with the market. Neither is a quote — a specific home's bill depends on its assessment, its age and its insurer.

This zip spans 3 counties: Madison County, NE 69% · Stanton County, NE 19% · Pierce County, NE 12%

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

Asking rent $1,247 as of Sep 2026
+2.7%year on year
Typical home value $258,164 as of Sep 2026
+3.4%year on year

Asking rent — 68701

Against the Norfolk, NE metro and the national benchmark.

$1,200 $1,400 $1,600 $1,800 2025 2026 68701 $1,247 Norfolk $1,247 United States $1,932
$1,200 $1,400 $1,600 $1,800 2025 2026
  • 68701$1,247
  • Norfolk$1,247
  • United States$1,932

Typical home value — 68701

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 68701 $258,164 Norfolk $254,243 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 68701$258,164
  • Norfolk$254,243
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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9.3 68715 Battle Creek 1,885 — $279,047
11.5 68740 Hoskins 925 — $333,935
12.7 68748 Madison 2,706 — $213,182
12.7 68779 Stanton 2,259 — $253,826
13.1 68767 Pierce 3,401 — $291,359
14.1 68752 Meadow Grove 543 — $284,265
16.8 68790 Winside 931 — $211,833
19.2 68768 Pilger 731 — $285,402

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