Zip lookup · NE

68626
Brainard, Nebraska.

Brainard, Butler County, NE · population 563

What it costs per month · 68626 $1,530/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$925 (+153%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $16,370 +6%
$275,057$291,427 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $92,171 +46%
$199,256$291,427 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 68626 $1,530 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 68626$1,530
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 9 years.

Typical home values in zip 68626 rose 6.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $291,427 as of Sep 2026
+6.0%year on year

Typical home value — 68626

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 68626 $291,427 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 68626$291,427
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.9 68635 Dwight 456 — $241,329
8.0 68014 Bruno 283 — $247,310
8.9 68632 David City 3,942 — $232,354
9.8 68065 Valparaiso 1,449 — $389,798
10.1 68070 Weston 670 — $354,525
10.6 68314 Bee 361 — $299,119
12.3 68050 Prague 527 — $282,666
14.2 68669 Ulysses 493 — $232,022
15.5 68360 Garland 504 — $438,244
15.5 68040 Malmo 325 — $471,164
15.5 68036 Linwood 346 — $334,558
15.8 68658 Rising City 604 — $241,734
16.3 68439 Staplehurst 691 — $247,521
16.9 68428 Raymond 1,332 — $584,540
17.6 68624 Bellwood 1,009 — $247,756
18.8 68017 Ceresco 1,979 — $344,310
19.0 68434 Seward 9,099 $1,050 $316,219
19.3 68402 Malcolm 1,459 — $522,374
19.4 68066 Wahoo 5,941 — $288,727
19.4 68648 Morse Bluff 349 — $442,408

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