Waverly, Nebraska.
Typical home $353,323 (+4.0% in a year). Lincoln, NE metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$987 (+114%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $13,466 +4%
- $339,857$353,323 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $67,912 +24%
- $285,411$353,323 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.
- Waverly$1,855
- Nebraska$1,461
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 16 years.
Typical home values in Waverly, NE rose 4.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Waverly, Lancaster County, Nebraska
Waverly is a city of 4,279 people in Lancaster County. Half its households earn more than $111,632 a year and half less, against $74,793 across Lancaster County; 0% of its people live below the poverty line. 81% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 19% are rented. Unemployment in Lancaster County was 2.6% 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 government.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Waverly is a small city in Lancaster County where nearly everyone owns the home they live in, and the people who live there tend to be somewhat older than in many places, though not markedly so. Household incomes run well above the county's, and almost no one falls below the poverty line. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month and days that stay below freezing, while July brings hot summers, and the year's rain and melted snow add up to a moderate amount.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with government, shops and manufacturing also employing many. The biggest workplaces in Waverly include Tecumseh Poultry, a poultry processing plant, the Tractor Supply Company Distribution Center, a warehousing operation, and the Waverly School District. A typical commute is moderate in length, and a share of people work from home.
Things to do. Close to town, Stevens Creek is a short drive away for time by the water, and Maxwell Arboretum, a botanical garden, is a short drive away as well. The International Quilt Study Center & Museum is also a short drive away. For a longer outing, the Strategic Air and Space Museum and Lee G. Simmons Wildlife Safari Park are each a longer drive away.
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- 1,507households
- 0%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 10%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Lancaster County had 176,943 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 14°; warmest in July, with highs near 87° and lows near 65°. About 32 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Lincoln Ene weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Waverly
- Tecumseh PoultryPoultry processing654
- Tractor Supply Company Distribution CenterGeneral warehousing and storage325
- Waverly School District 145School district322FTE
- Millard LumberTrusses, wood roof or floor, manufacturing207
- FortrexJanitorial services78
- Kamterter ProductsSeed processing, post-harvest for propagation76
- Matheson Tri-GasIndustrial gases manufacturing54
- Mulberry at WaverlySkilled nursing facilities47
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 8 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,465 people in all. School districts come 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
- TornadoesVery high
- HailVery high
- Strong windVery high
- Winter weatherVery high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Waverly’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. 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 Lancaster County and the Lincoln, NE metro.
Waverly home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Waverly$353,323
- 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.
- Waverly19
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Waverly7
Zip codes with a Waverly address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Waverly — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.