Zip lookup · NE

68959
Heartwell, Nebraska.

Heartwell, Kearney County, NE · Kearney, NE metro · population 4,048

What it costs per month · 68959 $1,202/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$665 (+124%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $13,542 +6%
$215,444$228,986 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $59,675 +35%
$169,311$228,986 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 68959 $1,202 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 68959$1,202
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.

Typical home values in zip 68959 rose 6.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Typical home value $228,986 as of Sep 2026
+6.3%year on year

Typical home value — 68959

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 68959 $228,986 Kearney $298,719 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 68959$228,986
  • Kearney$298,719
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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11.0 68924 Axtell 1,348 — $278,000
13.4 68950 Holstein 290 — $217,829
14.2 68981 Upland 166 — $234,355
14.9 68947 Hildreth 664 — $196,646
15.3 68956 Kenesaw 1,140 — $225,464
15.9 68932 Campbell 355 — $125,240
17.8 68847 Kearney 18,354 — $290,993
18.0 68940 Funk 518 — $294,708
18.4 68982 Wilcox 591 — $234,065
18.5 68840 Gibbon 2,624 — $262,898
18.9 68973 Roseland 520 — $238,500

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