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Home appreciation in Grand Island, NE

Over the five years ending 2025, home prices in Grand Island, NE grew an average of 9.4% a year.

Price growth at a glance

1-year

+7.1%

2025 over 2024. Nebraska: +3.9%.

5-year, per year

+9.4%

Average annual growth, 2020 to 2025. Nebraska: +8.6%.

10-year, per year

+6.8%

+93.3% in total since 2015. Nebraska: +6.7%.

How does your home compare?

Grand Island, NE home prices rose 93.3% over the ten years to 2025, while its ZIP codes ranged from +66.2% to +101.7%. Look up your home to see where it ranks among the homes around it.

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How Grand Island, NE compares with Nebraska

Nebraska averaged +8.6% a year, so Grand Island, NE grew faster than the state overall. For five-year price growth, Grand Island, NE ranks 168th out of 409 metros nationwide and 1st out of 3 in Nebraska.

Index, 2005 = 100

Grand Island, NE and Nebraska, quarterly house price index rebased to 100 in 2005.
YearGrand Island, NENebraska
2005 Q1100100
2005 Q2105101
2005 Q3104103
2005 Q4103103
2006 Q1108103
2006 Q2106104
2006 Q3107104
2006 Q4110104
2007 Q1108105
2007 Q2110105
2007 Q3110105
2007 Q4110105
2008 Q1111105
2008 Q2112105
2008 Q3111104
2008 Q4111104
2009 Q1111105
2009 Q2111105
2009 Q3112104
2009 Q4112104
2010 Q1110103
2010 Q2110103
2010 Q3113104
2010 Q4111104
2011 Q1110103
2011 Q2112102
2011 Q3114104
2011 Q4114104
2012 Q1113104
2012 Q2115104
2012 Q3117105
2012 Q4118105
2013 Q1118106
2013 Q2120107
2013 Q3121107
2013 Q4123108
2014 Q1126108
2014 Q2125111
2014 Q3129112
2014 Q4131112
2015 Q1128113
2015 Q2132115
2015 Q3135117
2015 Q4134117
2016 Q1133117
2016 Q2135120
2016 Q3138122
2016 Q4138122
2017 Q1140124
2017 Q2138127
2017 Q3145129
2017 Q4145129
2018 Q1147131
2018 Q2148134
2018 Q3152136
2018 Q4153136
2019 Q1154138
2019 Q2154141
2019 Q3158142
2019 Q4160143
2020 Q1162145
2020 Q2161146
2020 Q3163148
2020 Q4165151
2021 Q1169153
2021 Q2176162
2021 Q3186170
2021 Q4194174
2022 Q1202178
2022 Q2209191
2022 Q3212193
2022 Q4224192
2023 Q1217197
2023 Q2223203
2023 Q3230206
2023 Q4234204
2024 Q1226209
2024 Q2239215
2024 Q3243215
2024 Q4247217
2025 Q1256217
2025 Q2256222
2025 Q3252224
2025 Q4258225
2026 Q1249227
2026 Q2255229

Chart through 2026 Q2. Annual growth figures through 2025.

Growth was stronger over the last five years than over the full decade: +6.8% a year over ten years, +93.3% in total.

Over this history, home prices never fell more than 0.5% from a prior peak.

The strongest year was 2022 at +16.8%, and the weakest was 2010 at -0.5%.

In 2025 alone the index moved +7.1%, against +3.9% for the state.

ZIP codes in Grand Island, NE

Over the ten years to 2025, the 4 ZIP codes FHFA measures in this metro ranged from +66.2% in 68832 to +101.7% in 68826, while the metro as a whole rose 93.3%.

ZIP codes in Grand Island, NE ranked by 10-year home-price change through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
68826+11.0%+10.6%+7.3%+101.7%
68801+2.0%+8.8%+6.8%+92.5%
68803+2.5%+8.6%+5.8%+76.5%
68832+4.8%+5.9%+5.2%+66.2%

What a home report shows

Enter an address and you get a score out of 10 for how the home ranks on appreciation potential against comparable homes in its market, with the nearby sales behind it. Here is one saved report.

Example report · saved October 14, 2026

165 N Canal St, Apt 1205, Chicago, IL 60606

Appreciation score

4.1 / 10

Around the median

Where it ranks

Ranks above about 41% of comparable homes in Chicago, IL for appreciation potential.

Price against nearby sales

Priced below most nearby sales, at $300 per square foot across 6 comparable sales.

Read the full example report

Year by year

Annual house price index for Grand Island, NE and Nebraska, 2005 = 100 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
2005100.0—100.0
2006104.6+4.6%101.9
2007106.5+1.8%103.1
2008108.3+1.7%102.8
2009108.4+0.1%102.5
2010107.9-0.5%101.8
2011109.2+1.2%101.5
2012112.3+2.8%102.8
2013117.2+4.4%105.3
2014124.2+5.9%108.8
2015128.4+3.5%113.6
2016132.3+3.0%118.2
2017138.1+4.4%125.1
2018145.7+5.5%131.7
2019152.1+4.4%138.4
2020158.2+4.0%144.7
2021176.4+11.5%162.1
2022206.1+16.8%185.5
2023219.7+6.6%199.1
2024231.9+5.5%210.0
2025248.3+7.1%218.2

The 3 measured metros in Nebraska

Measured metros in Nebraska ranked by 5-year home-price appreciation through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
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1Grand Island, NE+7.1%+9.4%+6.8%
2Lincoln, NE+4.2%+8.6%+6.8%
3Omaha, NE-IA+3.3%+8.4%+6.9%

Source & method: Metro figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index for metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan divisions, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. State figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. The chart uses quarterly readings, with each series set to 100 in the first quarter of 2005. ZIP figures: FHFA annual five-digit ZIP index (developmental), ZIPs with sufficient transaction history. Missing years are reported as missing by FHFA and are not estimated. Each ZIP is placed in the metro that holds the county with most of its housing units. “5-yr /yr” and “10-yr /yr” are compound annual growth over the window ending 2025; all figures are nominal. Data published by the FHFA House Price Index; this edition compiled 2026-10-17. Educational data, not investment advice.

See the Nebraska row in the state rankings, the county rankings, and, for why one metro number hides so much, why two homes in the same ZIP code appreciate differently.

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Measured FHFA data · chart through 2026 Q2