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Ralston, NE Real Estate Market

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Home Values, Rents: Reflects Q2 2024. Updated quarterly.
  • Setting, Housing Stock, Homeownership: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.

Methodology:   NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data

Ralston, NE Housing Market Trends

With 6,424 people, 2,892 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $238,653, house prices in Ralston are solidly below the national average.

Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Ralston, accounting for 58.95% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Ralston include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 34.41%), row houses and other attached homes ( 5.75%).

The most prevalent building size and type in Ralston are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 56.80% owning and 43.20% renting.

At the end of World War II, American soldiers returned home triumphant and, with the help of the GI Bill, built homes by the millions on the edges of America's cities. These homes were predominantly capes and ranches, modest in size, but built to house a growing middle-class as the 20th century became the American century. Ralston's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 39.51% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Ralston include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 35.72%) and housing constructed between 2000 and later ( 19.05%). There's also some housing in Ralston built before 1939 ( 5.72%).

Ralston Home Appreciation Rates

Appreciation rates for homes in Ralston have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 95.72%, which ranks in the top 40% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Ralston house appreciation rate of 6.95%.

Over the last year, Ralston appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Ralston's appreciation rate has been 2.72%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Ralston were at 1.93%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 7.96%.

Relative to Nebraska, our data show that Ralston's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 90% of the other cities and towns in Nebraska.

Average Home Values

Median Home Value

$238,653

Ralston, NE Home Prices
> $1,354,000
$1,015,001 - $1,354,000
$677,001 - $1,015,000
$541,001 - $677,000
$406,001 - $541,000
$271,001 - $406,000
$135,001 - $271,000
$68,001 - $135,000
$0 - $68,000
0.7%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
0.6%
0.1%
0.1%
7.9%
7.9%
38.6%
38.6%
47.8%
47.8%
4.1%
4.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes
Average

for Nebraska

Average

for nation

Number of Homes And Apartments:

2,892

Ralston Appreciation Rates

Rent & Ownership

Average Market Rent:

$1,650 / per month

Homeownership Rate

Owners
Renters
56.8%
56.8%
43.2%
43.2%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Vacancy Rate

Vacant
Occupied
5.5%
5.5%
94.5%
94.5%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Housing Market Details

Age of Homes

2000 or Newer
1970 - 1999
1940 - 1969
1939 or Older
19.1%
19.1%
35.7%
35.7%
39.5%
39.5%
5.7%
5.7%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Types of Homes

Single-Family
Townhomes
Small Apt. Buildings
Apt. Complexes
Mobile Homes
Other
59.0%
59.0%
5.8%
5.8%
0.9%
0.9%
34.4%
34.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Home Size

No Bedroom
1 Bedroom
2 Bedrooms
3 Bedrooms
4 Bedrooms
5 or more bedrooms
3.6%
3.6%
16.2%
16.2%
24.8%
24.8%
41.0%
41.0%
10.7%
10.7%
3.6%
3.6%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes