Fastest-Appreciating ZIP Codes in Lincoln, NE (2026)

Ranked by 5-year compound annual growth in home values. Fast growth and strong cash flow rarely appear in the same ZIP — this is the other side of that trade.

# ZIP City Home value Rent Cap rate 5-yr growth
1 68359 Friend, NE $230,096 $936 3.17% 7.5%
2 68456 Utica, NE $255,264 $864 2.64% 7.2%
3 68423 Pleasant Dale, NE $504,127 $918 1.42% 6.7%
4 68404 Martell, NE $548,265 $990 1.41% 6.6%
5 68358 Firth, NE $484,793 $963 1.55% 6.6%
6 68405 Milford, NE $321,508 $864 2.10% 6.5%
7 68402 Malcolm, NE $527,599 $1,017 1.50% 6.5%
8 68517 Lincoln, NE $596,518 $990 1.29% 6.4%
9 68360 Garland, NE $443,068 $1,044 1.84% 6.2%
10 68314 Bee, NE $305,684 $882 2.25% 6.1%
11 68339 Denton, NE $625,690 $918 1.14% 6.0%
12 68434 Seward, NE $318,964 $1,050 2.57% 5.9%
13 68419 Panama, NE $276,635 $1,143 3.22% 5.8%
14 68503 Lincoln, NE $202,557 $1,249 4.81% 5.6%
15 68428 Raymond, NE $593,060 $1,377 1.81% 5.6%
16 68333 Crete, NE $236,761 $918 3.02% 5.5%
17 68520 Lincoln, NE $624,493 $1,607 2.01% 5.5%
18 68504 Lincoln, NE $225,123 $1,184 4.10% 5.4%
19 68336 Davey, NE $490,219 $1,098 1.75% 5.4%
20 68502 Lincoln, NE $242,965 $915 2.94% 5.4%
21 68461 Walton, NE $758,356 $1,269 1.31% 5.2%
22 68522 Lincoln, NE $282,092 $1,328 3.67% 5.2%
23 68507 Lincoln, NE $251,868 $1,589 4.92% 5.2%
24 68317 Bennet, NE $413,137 $1,152 2.17% 5.2%
25 68510 Lincoln, NE $260,089 $1,109 3.33% 5.1%

Ranked from Repit’s own ZIP-level data — Zillow home values and rents, HUD fair-market rents where Zillow has no coverage, and U.S. Census vacancy. Cap rate is gross: annual rent over purchase price, before financing and expenses. Every ZIP above links to its full free page. How we calculate this →

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