The median home value in Lincoln, NE is $297,539 as of 2026-06-30, up 3.44% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$297,539
Year-over-Year
+3.44%
Population
295,808
Lincoln ranks #9 of 28 Nebraska cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 14.6% above the state's city median of $259,642. It sits in Lancaster County, where the county-wide median is $305,844.
Lincoln police recorded a violent crime rate of 348 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 2,446 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 Lincoln is $297,539. That's up 3.44% from a year earlier. That is about 14.6% above the typical county in Nebraska.
Homes in Lincoln are cheaper than Lancaster County as a whole, where the median is $305,844 — a difference of about 2.7%.
Lincoln police reported 348 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 295,808. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.