Best ZIP Codes for Cash Flow in Kearney, NE (2026)

Ranked by cap rate — the annual return on the purchase price before financing. ZIPs that also clear the 1% rule are marked.

# ZIP City Home value Rent Cap rate 5-yr growth
1 68932 Campbell, NE $123,793 $1,044 6.58% 8.4%
2 68847 Kearney, NE $293,049 $1,600 4.26% 5.5%
3 68924 Axtell, NE $286,193 $1,269 3.46% 4.8%
4 68947 Hildreth, NE $196,999 $864 3.42% 10.1%
5 68845 Kearney, NE $350,247 $1,526 3.40% 6.0%
6 68869 Ravenna, NE $229,287 $918 3.12% 7.5%
7 68982 Wilcox, NE $244,387 $927 2.96% 5.0%
8 68876 Shelton, NE $248,689 $918 2.88% 7.1%
9 68840 Gibbon, NE $267,561 $945 2.75% 4.9%
10 68870 Riverdale, NE $350,801 $1,089 2.42% 6.2%
11 68836 Elm Creek, NE $282,028 $873 2.41% 6.6%
12 68858 Miller, NE $297,549 $864 2.26% 5.8%
13 68945 Heartwell, NE $347,515 $873 1.96% 4.9%
14 68866 Pleasanton, NE $385,639 $864 1.75% 8.9%
15 68844 Pleasanton, NE $387,314 $864 1.74% 5.5%
16 68812 Amherst, NE $414,792 $864 1.62% 7.6%

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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