The median home value in Columbus, NE is $275,125 as of 2026-06-30, up 3.24% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$275,125
Year-over-Year
+3.24%
Population
24,595
Columbus ranks #11 of 28 Nebraska cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 6.0% above the state's city median of $259,642. It sits in Platte County, where the county-wide median is $283,795.
Columbus police recorded a violent crime rate of 85 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 927 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Columbus is $275,125. That's up 3.24% from a year earlier. That is about 6.0% above the typical county in Nebraska.
Homes in Columbus are cheaper than Platte County as a whole, where the median is $283,795 — a difference of about 3.1%.
Columbus police reported 85 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 24,595. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.