Buffalo County, NE: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Buffalo County, NE, Nebraska: 14 ZIP codes scored, Buffalo County, NE averaging 19/100 (low, Buffalo, NE), from 12 to 21. Buffalo County, NE is in its peak phase (Buffalo, NE confidence 18/100): Buffalo, NE home prices up 3.1% (Buffalo, NE) over twelve months. Buffalo County, NE lender headwind: 37/100.

Highest-scoring Buffalo County, NE ZIPs: 68956 (21/100), 68812 (20/100), 68849 (20/100), 68858 (20/100), 68861 (20/100), 68870 (20/100). Also scored in Buffalo County, NE: 68836, 68840, 68866, 68845, 68847, 68869, 68876, 68844.

Across Buffalo County, NE's scored ZIPs: median home value $219,438, household income $75,431, 10.0% vacancy, 6.6% poverty, 79% owner-occupied, median age 37.1.

Buffalo County, NE insurance distress 21/100 (#2,199 in the US); FEMA hazard 40/100 for Buffalo, NE; 2 federal disaster declarations in Buffalo County, NE since 2023; Buffalo, NE construction distress 44/100.

17 banks with 27 branches lend in Buffalo County, NE; Buffalo, NE weighted bank stress 56/100, highest 85/100 in Buffalo, NE.

Buffalo County, NE unemployment 2.5% (Buffalo, NE -0.3 pts, six months); 147 new housing units permitted in Buffalo County, NE over twelve months, Buffalo, NE up 5% from 140; Buffalo, NE home prices +8.6% a year (Buffalo, NE) over three years.

21,286 housing units in Buffalo County, NE; 6,850 Buffalo, NE renter households; 37% of Buffalo, NE renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 20% (Buffalo, NE) half or more.

Buffalo County, NE ranks #2,523 nationally on the opportunity index (Buffalo, NE, among all ranked counties); Buffalo, NE scores 25.8/100 and Buffalo, NE sits #62 inside Nebraska. Buffalo, NE is in the weak opportunity phase; Buffalo, NE's primary driver is bank institutional, Buffalo, NE second driver construction; Buffalo, NE moved up 402 places. 37 short-sale listings across Buffalo, NE; 35 days on market observed in Buffalo, NE; 6.9% vacancy over 14 Buffalo, NE ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Buffalo County, NE. The non-metro area reading for Buffalo, NE: 0.8% ninety-plus days late; Buffalo, NE's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 2.1% (Buffalo, NE, December 2025 data); Nebraska overall 0.6%.

Buffalo County, NE has 13 watched banks; 13 Buffalo, NE banks sit in an elevated band. Buffalo, NE footprints: Five Points Bank (3 branches, stress 71) in Buffalo, NE; First National Bank Of Omaha (3 branches, stress 49) in Buffalo, NE; Town&Country Bank (3 branches, stress 48) in Buffalo, NE.

HUD lists 5 assisted multifamily properties in Buffalo County, NE with 143 units; 142 Buffalo, NE units are assisted, 2 Buffalo, NE properties under project-based Section 8.

1,302 of the 21,286 housing units in Buffalo, NE sit vacant. Buffalo County, NE permitted 3 multifamily units in twelve months; Buffalo, NE's one-to-four unit structures added 144 units in Buffalo County, NE.