Neligh, Nebraska.
Typical home $178,306 (+5.0% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$533 (+132%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $8,568 +5%
- $169,738$178,306 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $41,336 +30%
- $136,970$178,306 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.
- Neligh$936
- Nebraska$1,461
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.
Typical home values in Neligh, NE rose 5.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Neligh, Antelope County, Nebraska
Neligh is a city of 1,536 people in Antelope County. Half its households earn more than $59,239 a year and half less, against $66,105 across Antelope County; 7% of its people live below the poverty line. 74% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 26% are rented. Unemployment in Antelope County was 2.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Neligh is a small city and the seat of Antelope County, where most homes are lived in by their owners and incomes run a little below the county's. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree here than in many places, and the poverty rate is modest. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month and a good deal of snow, while July brings warm days and the year brings a fair amount of rain and melted snow.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with shops, government and the building trades also employing local people. Antelope Memorial Hospital, Neligh-Oakdale Schools and Accura Healthcare of Neligh are among the largest workplaces in town. Commutes are short, and unemployment in Antelope County is low and has held steady over the past year.
Things to do. For time outdoors, Ashfall Fossil Beds is a protected area a longer drive away, and Willow Creek State Recreation Area is another protected area, also a longer drive away. Gilman Park Arboretum, a botanical garden, is likewise a longer drive from town. Creeks such as Battle Creek and the branches of Verdigre Creek run through the surrounding countryside.
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- 678households
- 20%of adults have a degree
- 7%below the poverty line
- 12 mintypical commute
- 5%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Antelope County had 2,198 jobs in 2025, 0.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 10°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 63°. About 31 inches of snow and 28 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Oakdale weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Neligh
- Antelope Memorial HospitalCritical access hospital103FTE
- Neligh-oakdale SchoolsSchool district69FTE
- Accura Healthcare of NelighSkilled nursing facilities68
- The Willows Assisted LivingAssisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities24
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 275 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- HailRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Neligh’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Antelope County.
Neligh home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Neligh$178,306
- Nebraska$278,299
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Neligh17
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Neligh address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Neligh — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.