Zip lookup · NE

68850
Lexington, Nebraska.

Lexington, Dawson County, NE · Lexington, NE metro · population 12,428

What it costs per month · 68850 $1,033/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$538 (+109%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $5,367 -3%
$202,186$196,819 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $36,025 +22%
$160,794$196,819 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 68850 $1,033 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 68850$1,033
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 17 years.

Typical home values in zip 68850 fell 2.7% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Dawson County, NE 93% · Gosper County, NE 7%

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

Asking rent $1,316 as of Aug 2026
Typical home value $196,819 as of Sep 2026
-2.7%year on year

Asking rent — 68850

Against the Lexington, NE metro and the national benchmark.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Typical home value — 68850

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 68850 $196,819 Lexington $207,574 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 68850$196,819
  • Lexington$207,574
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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