Zip lookup · NE

68838
Farwell, Nebraska.

Farwell, Howard County, NE · Grand Island, NE metro · population 150

What it costs per month · 68838 $1,242/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$651 (+110%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $2,190 +1%
$234,392$236,582 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $41,909 +22%
$194,673$236,582 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 68838 $1,242 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 68838$1,242
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 18 years.

Typical home values in zip 68838 rose 0.9% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $236,582 as of Sep 2026
+0.9%year on year

Typical home value — 68838

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 68838 $236,582 Grand Island $255,025 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2020 2022 2024 2026
  • 68838$236,582
  • Grand Island$255,025
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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7.3 68817 Ashton 340 — $154,566
7.7 68820 Boelus 343 — $271,235
8.5 68835 Elba 459 — $210,203
9.7 68831 Dannebrog 705 — $311,541
11.4 68873 Saint Paul 3,785 — $257,963
14.8 68824 Cairo 1,562 — $287,433
17.3 68853 Loup City 1,333 — $172,259
18.7 68869 Ravenna 2,165 — $225,901
18.7 68859 North Loup 357 — $149,447
19.4 68872 Saint Libory 992 — $359,451
19.9 68882 Wolbach 401 — $189,392

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