South Bend, Nebraska
2026 Edition · 9 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Growing. Up 4.4% since 2020.
94
people, the 421st-largest of Nebraska's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Nebraska's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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Rent
Median rent is up 32% since the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
$960
a month. Nebraska's median is $1,072.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.
A $815 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Cass County.
- $808 Tract 9656
- $1,623 Tract 9660
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
The median rent is above what local wages can carry.
$188–$281
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $960 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2013 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 98% of all homes were built before 2000
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
None of three estimates finds a housing shortfall here.
0
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2013 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 51% less than Nebraska's.
$116,700
median home value in South Bend.
- $116,700 South Bend
- $238,600 Nebraska
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year