Syracuse, Nebraska.
Typical home $270,044 (+4.2% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$827 (+140%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $10,926 +4%
- $259,118$270,044 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $77,185 +40%
- $192,859$270,044 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.
- Syracuse$1,417
- Nebraska$1,461
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 10 years.
Typical home values in Syracuse, NE rose 4.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Syracuse, Otoe County, Nebraska
Syracuse is a city of 1,941 people in Otoe County. 79% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 21% are rented. Unemployment in Otoe County was 2.5% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Syracuse is a small city where most homes are lived in by their owners, and the people who live there tend to be somewhat older than in many towns. Incomes across Otoe County are comfortable, and fewer residents live below the poverty line than in many places. Winters are cold, with a fair amount of snow, and summers turn warm, with rain and melted snow spread through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with many others in shops, manufacturing, and banks, insurance and property. Across Otoe County, some of the largest workplaces are Honeywell - American Meter, Cargill Protein & Salt, and Lied Lodge at Arbor Day Farm. A typical commute is a fairly long drive, and only a small share of people work from home.
Things to do. For a day out, Platte River State Park is a protected area of woods and trails, a longer drive away. Arbor Lodge State Historical Park and Arboretum is a botanical garden with a historic setting, also a longer drive away. Families can also head to Lee G. Simmons Wildlife Safari Park, a zoo that is likewise a longer drive from town.
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- 907households
- 28%of adults have a degree
- 7%below the poverty line
- 25 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Otoe County had 6,278 jobs in 2025, 0.9% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 34° and lows near 13°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 65°. About 26 inches of snow and 32 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Syracuse weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Otoe County
- Honeywell - American MeterConsumption meters manufacturing601
- Cargill Protein & SaltCooked meats made from purchased carcasses542
- Lied Lodge at Arbor Day FarmResort hotels without casinos223
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters204
- Nebraska City Public SchoolsSchool district179FTE
- CommonSpirit HealthGeneral medical and surgical hospitals155
- Syracuse Area HealthCritical access hospital144FTE
- Palmyra District O R 1School district114FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 12 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,045 people in all across the county; Syracuse has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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
- HailRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- WildfireRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Syracuse’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Otoe County.
Syracuse home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Syracuse$270,044
- Nebraska$278,299
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
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.
- Syracuse11
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Syracuse address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Syracuse — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.