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

Lincoln County, NE, Nebraska: 14 ZIP codes scored, Lincoln County, NE averaging 12/100 (minimal, Lincoln, NE), from 3 to 16. Lincoln County, NE is in its peak phase (Lincoln, NE confidence 18/100): Lincoln, NE home prices up 3.1% (Lincoln, NE) over twelve months. Lincoln County, NE lender headwind: 61/100.

Highest-scoring Lincoln County, NE ZIPs: 69101 (16/100), 69123 (16/100), 69132 (16/100), 69143 (16/100), 69151 (16/100), 69170 (16/100). Also scored in Lincoln County, NE: 69138, 69169, 69165, 69039, 69029, 69025, 69120, 69163.

Across Lincoln County, NE's scored ZIPs: median home value $172,457, household income $66,846, 16.5% vacancy, 9.0% poverty, 72% owner-occupied, median age 42.4.

Lincoln County, NE insurance distress 40/100 (#1,309 in the US); FEMA hazard 78/100 for Lincoln, NE; 8 federal disaster declarations in Lincoln County, NE since 2023.

14 banks with 23 branches lend in Lincoln County, NE; Lincoln, NE weighted bank stress 65/100, highest 85/100 in Lincoln, NE.

Lincoln County, NE unemployment 2.5% (Lincoln, NE -0.4 pts, six months); 260 new housing units permitted in Lincoln County, NE over twelve months, Lincoln, NE up 139% from 109; Lincoln, NE home prices +9.7% a year (Lincoln, NE) over three years.

16,624 housing units in Lincoln County, NE; 5,228 Lincoln, NE renter households; 40% of Lincoln, NE renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 13% (Lincoln, NE) half or more.

Lincoln County, NE ranks #1,477 nationally on the opportunity index (Lincoln, NE, among all ranked counties); Lincoln, NE scores 29.5/100 and Lincoln, NE sits #30 inside Nebraska. Lincoln, NE is in the early_signal opportunity phase; Lincoln, NE's primary driver is bank institutional, Lincoln, NE second driver vacancy; Lincoln, NE moved up 509 places. 22 short-sale listings across Lincoln, NE; 40 days on market observed in Lincoln, NE; 12.0% vacancy over 14 Lincoln, NE ZIPs.

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

Lincoln County, NE has 11 watched banks; 11 Lincoln, NE banks sit in an elevated band. Lincoln, NE footprints: Nebraskaland Bank (4 branches, stress 85) in Lincoln, NE; Hershey Bank (3 branches, stress 55) in Lincoln, NE; Adams Bank&Trust (3 branches, stress 50) in Lincoln, NE.

HUD lists 5 assisted multifamily properties in Lincoln County, NE with 287 units; 286 Lincoln, NE units are assisted, 4 Lincoln, NE properties under project-based Section 8.

1,734 of the 16,624 housing units in Lincoln, NE sit vacant. Lincoln County, NE permitted 195 multifamily units in twelve months; Lincoln, NE's one-to-four unit structures added 65 units in Lincoln County, NE.