Zip lookup · NE

68840
Gibbon, Nebraska.

Gibbon, Buffalo County, NE · Kearney, NE metro · population 2,624

What it costs per month · 68840 $1,380/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$728 (+112%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $12,242 +5%
$250,656$262,898 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $61,820 +31%
$201,078$262,898 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 68840 $1,380 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 68840$1,380
  • 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 68840 rose 4.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Buffalo County, NE 89% · Kearney County, NE 11%

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

Typical home value $262,898 as of Sep 2026
+4.9%year on year

Typical home value — 68840

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 68840 $262,898 Kearney $298,719 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 68840$262,898
  • Kearney$298,719
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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7.6 68847 Kearney 18,354 — $290,993
8.4 68876 Shelton 1,910 — $243,300
13.3 68956 Kenesaw 1,140 — $225,464
15.5 68845 Kearney 20,536 $1,638 $347,137
15.8 68870 Riverdale 506 — $344,939
16.0 68883 Wood River 2,483 — $263,021
16.7 68869 Ravenna 2,165 — $225,901
18.5 68959 Minden 4,048 — $228,986
19.3 68866 Pleasanton 1,168 — $377,574

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