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

Wayne County, NE, Nebraska: 11 ZIP codes scored, Wayne County, NE averaging 9/100 (minimal, Wayne, NE), from 6 to 13. Wayne County, NE is in its peak phase (Wayne, NE confidence 24/100): Wayne, NE home prices up 3.3% (Wayne, NE) over twelve months. Wayne County, NE lender headwind: 42/100.

Highest-scoring Wayne County, NE ZIPs: 68047 (13/100), 68723 (9/100), 68740 (9/100), 68768 (9/100), 68784 (9/100), 68787 (9/100). Also scored in Wayne County, NE: 68790, 68791, 68767, 68771, 68745.

Across Wayne County, NE's scored ZIPs: median home value $211,991, household income $69,939, 7.1% vacancy, 7.3% poverty, 76% owner-occupied, median age 37.7.

Wayne County, NE insurance distress 0/100 (#2,900 in the US); FEMA hazard 0/100 for Wayne, NE; Wayne, NE construction distress 49/100.

6 banks with 7 branches lend in Wayne County, NE; Wayne, NE weighted bank stress 55/100, highest 67/100 in Wayne, NE.

Wayne County, NE unemployment 3.0%; 13 new housing units permitted in Wayne County, NE over twelve months, Wayne, NE up 0% from 13; Wayne, NE home prices +14.7% a year (Wayne, NE) over three years.

3,991 housing units in Wayne County, NE; 1,204 Wayne, NE renter households; 47% of Wayne, NE renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 18% (Wayne, NE) half or more.

Wayne County, NE ranks #3,215 nationally on the opportunity index (Wayne, NE, among all ranked counties); Wayne, NE scores 18.5/100 and Wayne, NE sits #93 inside Nebraska. Wayne, NE is in the weak opportunity phase; Wayne, NE's primary driver is bank institutional, Wayne, NE second driver construction; Wayne, NE moved down 89 places. 1 short-sale listings across Wayne, NE; 5.9% vacancy over 11 Wayne, NE ZIPs.

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

Wayne County, NE has 6 watched banks; 6 Wayne, NE banks sit in an elevated band. Wayne, NE footprints: State Nebraska Bank&Trust (2 branches, stress 67) in Wayne, NE; Elkhorn Valley Bank&Trust (1 branch, stress 65) in Wayne, NE; Nebraska Bank (1 branch, stress 64) in Wayne, NE.

238 of the 3,991 housing units in Wayne, NE sit vacant. Wayne County, NE permitted 4 multifamily units in twelve months; Wayne, NE's one-to-four unit structures added 9 units in Wayne County, NE.