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Median Home Price in Crete, NE

The median home value in Crete, NE is $234,198 as of 2026-07-31, down 0.12% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$234,198

Year-over-Year

-0.12%

Population

7,463

Crete ranks #17 of 28 Nebraska cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 9.5% below the state's city median of $258,842. It sits in Saline County, where the county-wide median is $211,311.

Housing affordability in Crete

Median household income in Crete is $77,209, so the typical home value is about 3.0× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.

Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).

Crime in Crete

Crete police recorded a violent crime rate of 201 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 2,532 per 100,000.

Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).

Common questions about Crete

What is the average home price in Crete, NE?

People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Crete, that value is $234,198. That's down 0.12% from a year earlier. It is about 9.5% below the typical Nebraska city tracked here.

Is Crete expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Crete are more expensive than Saline County as a whole, where the median is $211,311 — a difference of about 10.8%.

Is Crete affordable?

Median household income here is $77,209, so the typical home value is about 3.0× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Crete a safe place to live?

Crete police reported 201 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 7,463. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.