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Metro area · CBSA 28260

Kearney

The Kearney, NE metro area has 57,292 people. Median rent is $930, 14.7% of median household income, and HUD puts the 2-bedroom fair market rent in Buffalo County at $1,097. Of the 9 places we track here, Elm Creek has the lightest rent burden.

Median household income
$76,109
Median home value
$242,600
Unemployment
2.5%
2-bedroom fair market rent
$1,097
HUD, Buffalo County

Places in this metro

Largest first. Rent to income is the median rent as a share of median household income.

PlacePopulationRentRent to income
Kearney34,246$94916.3%
Minden3,108$82314.4%
Gibbon1,763$81013.9%
Shelton1,389$1,11416.4%
Ravenna1,382$92117.2%
Elm Creek1,107$76111.5%
Axtell818$1,11518.6%
Glenwood653$93614.8%
Pleasanton556$88814.4%
NebraskaPleasanton, NEGlenwood, NEAxtell, NEElm Creek, NERavenna, NEShelton, NEGibbon, NEMinden, NEKearney, NEKearneyMindenGibbonAxtellKearneyMindenGibbonAxtell

Nearby metro areas

Data as of 2026-11-14. How these figures are built.