Zip lookup · NE

68621
Ames, Nebraska.

Ames, Dodge County, NE · Fremont, NE metro · population 204

What it costs per month · 68621 $1,649/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$936 (+131%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $20,981 +7%
$293,223$314,205 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $74,827 +31%
$239,378$314,205 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 68621 $1,649 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 68621$1,649
  • 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 68621 rose 7.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $314,205 as of Sep 2026
+7.2%year on year

Typical home value — 68621

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 68621 $314,205 Fremont $240,411 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 68621$314,205
  • Fremont$240,411
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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7.3 68015 Cedar Bluffs 1,236 — $269,007
7.9 68649 North Bend 1,748 — $267,314
8.4 68025 Fremont 31,658 $1,203 $251,033
9.7 68648 Morse Bluff 349 — $442,408
10.6 68044 Nickerson 715 — $364,763
11.8 68031 Hooper 1,823 — $318,723
12.4 68057 Scribner 1,379 — $239,554
13.0 68018 Colon 508 — $393,927
15.0 68040 Malmo 325 — $471,164
15.5 68002 Arlington 2,602 — $382,480
16.5 68050 Prague 527 — $282,666
16.7 68664 Snyder 293 — $149,351
17.5 68036 Linwood 346 — $334,558
17.6 68064 Valley 4,046 — $519,464
17.7 68063 Uehling 244 — $173,448
19.2 68041 Mead 1,005 — $287,336

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