The median home value in Wayne, NE is $244,378 as of 2026-06-30, up 6.7% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$244,378
Year-over-Year
+6.7%
Population
6,232
Wayne ranks #17 of 28 Nebraska cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 5.9% below the state's city median of $259,642. It sits in Wayne County, where the county-wide median is $256,393.
Wayne police recorded a violent crime rate of 128 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 546 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 Wayne is $244,378. That's up 6.7% from a year earlier. That is about 5.9% below the typical county in Nebraska.
Homes in Wayne are cheaper than Wayne County as a whole, where the median is $256,393 — a difference of about 4.7%.
Wayne police reported 128 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 6,232. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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