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

Jefferson County, NE, Nebraska: 13 ZIP codes scored, Jefferson County, NE averaging 17/100 (low, Jefferson, NE), from 10 to 21. Jefferson County, NE is in its peak phase (Jefferson, NE confidence 24/100): Jefferson, NE home prices up 3.3% (Jefferson, NE) over twelve months. Jefferson County, NE lender headwind: 45/100.

Highest-scoring Jefferson County, NE ZIPs: 68303 (21/100), 68429 (21/100), 68338 (19/100), 68350 (19/100), 68352 (19/100), 68377 (19/100). Also scored in Jefferson County, NE: 68424, 68440, 68453, 68464, 68310, 68341, 68342.

Across Jefferson County, NE's scored ZIPs: median home value $127,442, household income $61,221, 16.4% vacancy, 8.3% poverty, 82% owner-occupied, median age 49.3.

Jefferson County, NE insurance distress 21/100 (#2,210 in the US); FEMA hazard 40/100 for Jefferson, NE; 4 federal disaster declarations in Jefferson County, NE since 2023; Jefferson, NE construction distress 90/100.

5 banks with 8 branches lend in Jefferson County, NE; Jefferson, NE weighted bank stress 58/100, highest 79/100 in Jefferson, NE.

Jefferson County, NE unemployment 2.5% (Jefferson, NE -0.9 pts, six months); 6 new housing units permitted in Jefferson County, NE over twelve months, Jefferson, NE down 60% from 15; Jefferson, NE home prices +12.1% a year (Jefferson, NE) over three years.

3,679 housing units in Jefferson County, NE; 867 Jefferson, NE renter households; 36% of Jefferson, NE renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 13% (Jefferson, NE) half or more.

Jefferson County, NE ranks #765 nationally on the opportunity index (Jefferson, NE, among all ranked counties); Jefferson, NE scores 32.1/100 and Jefferson, NE sits #7 inside Nebraska. Jefferson, NE is in the watchlist opportunity phase; Jefferson, NE's primary driver is construction, Jefferson, NE second driver vacancy; Jefferson, NE moved down 141 places. 2 short-sale listings across Jefferson, NE; 75 days on market observed in Jefferson, NE; 15.0% vacancy over 13 Jefferson, NE ZIPs.

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

Jefferson County, NE has 4 watched banks; 4 Jefferson, NE banks sit in an elevated band. Jefferson, NE footprints: Heartland Bank (4 branches, stress 46) in Jefferson, NE; Farmers&Merchants Bank (1 branch, stress 79) in Jefferson, NE; First Tri County Bank (1 branch, stress 74) in Jefferson, NE.

HUD lists 2 assisted multifamily properties in Jefferson County, NE with 38 units; 38 Jefferson, NE units are assisted, 1 Jefferson, NE properties under project-based Section 8.

543 of the 3,679 housing units in Jefferson, NE sit vacant. Jefferson County, NE permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Jefferson, NE's one-to-four unit structures added 6 units in Jefferson County, NE.