Valley, Nebraska.
Typical home $536,098 (+6.1% in a year). Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,583 (+129%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $31,056 +6%
- $505,042$536,098 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $121,401 +29%
- $414,697$536,098 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.
- Valley$2,814
- Nebraska$1,461
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.
Typical home values in Valley, NE rose 6.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Valley, Douglas County, Nebraska
Valley is a city of 3,037 people in Douglas County. Half its households earn more than $110,200 a year and half less, against $80,391 across Douglas County; 5% of its people live below the poverty line. 74% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 26% are rented. Unemployment in Douglas County was 3.0% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then finance and property.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Valley is a small city in Douglas County whose residents are older than in most towns, and more of them are homeowners than renters. Household incomes run well above the county's, fewer people live below the poverty line than you might expect, and a four-year degree is common among adults. Homes here tend to be valued on the high side.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in banks, insurance and property, in shops, and in the building trades. Some of the largest workplaces in Valley are Valmont Industries, 3M Company and the Douglas County West Community Schools. Commutes are of middling length, and a good number of people work from home.
Things to do. Winters are cold and snowy, and summers are warm, with a fair amount of rain through the year. Bell Creek is a short drive away. A longer drive brings you to Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, and the Elkhorn River.
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- 1,398households
- 51%of adults have a degree
- 5%below the poverty line
- 28 mintypical commute
- 26%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Douglas County had 341,754 jobs in 2025, 0.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 33° and lows near 15°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 68°. About 32 inches of snow and 33 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Valley Weather Service weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Valley
- Valmont Industries1,722
- 3M Company561
- Douglas CO West Community Schs SchoolsSchool district167FTE
- Arbor Care Centers- ValhavenSkilled nursing facilities115
- American Concrete ProductsPrecast concrete pipe manufacturing85
- GroundscapesLandscape architectural services60
- JMN ConstructionRepair, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway27
- BC Management GroupFacilities support services25
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,595 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- TornadoesVery high
- HailRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- DroughtRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Valley’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Douglas County and the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA metro.
Valley home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Valley$536,098
- Nebraska$278,299
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Valley listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Valley29.13%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Valley29
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Valley5
Zip codes with a Valley address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Valley — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.