The median home value in Kearney, NE is $319,176 as of 2026-06-30, up 6.5% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$319,176
Year-over-Year
+6.5%
Population
34,525
Kearney ranks #4 of 28 Nebraska cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 22.9% above the state's city median of $259,642. It sits in Buffalo County, where the county-wide median is $306,192.
Kearney police recorded a violent crime rate of 301 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,625 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 Kearney is $319,176. That's up 6.5% from a year earlier. That is about 22.9% above the typical county in Nebraska.
Homes in Kearney are more expensive than Buffalo County as a whole, where the median is $306,192 — a difference of about 4.2%.
Kearney police reported 301 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 34,525. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.