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

Merrick County, NE, Nebraska: 9 ZIP codes scored, Merrick County, NE averaging 14/100 (minimal, Merrick, NE), from 10 to 17. Merrick County, NE is in its contraction phase (Merrick, NE confidence 61/100): Merrick, NE home prices down 1.5% (Merrick, NE) over twelve months, 1.5% under their peak. Merrick County, NE lender headwind: 86/100.

Highest-scoring Merrick County, NE ZIPs: 68872 (17/100), 68628 (15/100), 68663 (15/100), 68864 (15/100), 68816 (14/100), 68826 (14/100). Also scored in Merrick County, NE: 68827, 68638, 68801.

Across Merrick County, NE's scored ZIPs: median home value $212,022, household income $64,179, 12.2% vacancy, 9.3% poverty, 79% owner-occupied, median age 40.5.

Merrick County, NE insurance distress 5/100 (#2,468 in the US); FEMA hazard 0/100 for Merrick, NE; 1 Merrick, NE NFIP flood claims; Merrick, NE construction distress 56/100.

4 banks with 6 branches lend in Merrick County, NE; Merrick, NE weighted bank stress 73/100, highest 85/100 in Merrick, NE.

Merrick County, NE unemployment 2.2% (Merrick, NE -0.5 pts, six months); 39 new housing units permitted in Merrick County, NE over twelve months, Merrick, NE down 13% from 45; Merrick, NE home prices +9.1% a year (Merrick, NE) over three years.

3,598 housing units in Merrick County, NE; 623 Merrick, NE renter households; 38% of Merrick, NE renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 10% (Merrick, NE) half or more.

Merrick County, NE ranks #2,499 nationally on the opportunity index (Merrick, NE, among all ranked counties); Merrick, NE scores 25.9/100 and Merrick, NE sits #62 inside Nebraska. Merrick, NE is in the weak opportunity phase; Merrick, NE's primary driver is bank institutional, Merrick, NE second driver listings discount; Merrick, NE moved up 396 places. 13 short-sale listings across Merrick, NE; 33 days on market observed in Merrick, NE; 6.0% vacancy over 9 Merrick, NE ZIPs.

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

Merrick County, NE has 4 watched banks; 4 Merrick, NE banks sit in an elevated band. Merrick, NE footprints: Bank Of Clarks (2 branches, stress 85) in Merrick, NE; Pinnacle Bank (2 branches, stress 62) in Merrick, NE; Citizens Bank&Trust Co (1 branch, stress 74) in Merrick, NE.

393 of the 3,598 housing units in Merrick, NE sit vacant. Merrick County, NE permitted 3 multifamily units in twelve months; Merrick, NE's one-to-four unit structures added 36 units in Merrick County, NE.