Zip lookup · NE

68938
Fairfield, Nebraska.

Fairfield, Clay County, NE · population 532

What it costs per month · 68938 $978/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$576 (+143%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $21,702 +13%
$164,663$186,365 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $52,443 +39%
$133,921$186,365 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 68938 $978 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 68938$978
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 10 years.

Typical home values in zip 68938 rose 13.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $186,365 as of Sep 2026
+13.2%year on year

Typical home value — 68938

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 68938 $186,365 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 68938$186,365
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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7.9 68933 Clay Center 851 — $186,360
8.3 68941 Glenvil 683 — $237,790
9.1 68935 Edgar 726 — $158,097
12.3 68957 Lawrence 555 — $198,218
15.0 68944 Harvard 1,252 — $133,177
15.5 68961 Nelson 633 — $102,859
17.3 68901 Hastings 26,264 $1,209 $201,558
18.1 68930 Blue Hill 1,143 — $205,496
18.7 68979 Sutton 1,572 — $212,761
19.4 68980 Trumbull 561 — $279,257
19.4 68335 Davenport 395 — $148,248
20.0 68436 Shickley 527 — $197,539

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