Stoop & Kin

Fillmore County, Nebraska

What farmland and houses are worth here, from the public figures, and where to look next.

Farmland and its buildings in Fillmore County averaged $7,359 an acre in the 2022 Census of Agriculture: the 78th cheapest of the 93 counties in Nebraska, 114% above the Nebraska average in the same census ($3,437).

In the 2017 census it was $5,448 an acre, so the average has risen 35% in five years.

Fillmore County in figures
Farmland and buildings, an acre, 2022 $7,359
The same, 2017 $5,448 +35%
Farms counted, 2022 496 (439 in 2017)
Average farm 730 acres
Share of the county that is farmland 98.3%
Median value of an owner-occupied home $151,000 ± $10,800

The farm figure is land and buildings together, averaged over every farm in the county, from the largest ranch to the smallest holding. It is for comparing one county with another, not a price for any parcel: a few acres with road frontage usually costs more an acre than the average, not less.

Source: USDA, 2022 Census of Agriculture, Nebraska county data, Table 8; Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024, table B25077

Living here: tax, internet and hazards

Homeowners in Fillmore County paid a median $1,491 a year in property tax, about 1% of the median home value. What a particular parcel pays depends on its exemptions and on whether it is taxed as farmland: see how Nebraska taxes farmland, and ask the county assessor what the parcel paid last year.

63.1% of the 2,357 households here pay for cable, fiber or DSL internet. That is what people subscribe to, not what reaches a given road: the FCC's broadband map shows what is offered at an address, and it is worth checking before you count on working from home.

FEMA National Risk Index ratings for Fillmore County
HazardFEMA risk rating
Inland flooding Very Low
Coastal flooding Does not occur here
Wildfire Very Low
Tornado Relatively Low
Hail Relatively Moderate
Drought Relatively Moderate
Hurricane Does not occur here

FEMA rates none of these as a relatively high risk here. Its ratings compare counties across the country and weigh how much property there is to lose, so a thinly settled county can rate low even where the hazard itself is common. For a particular parcel, look it up on FEMA's flood maps before you buy.

Source: Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024, table B25103; Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024, table B28002; FEMA, National Risk Index, December 2025

For sale now

In September 2026, 15 homes were listed for sale in Fillmore County on Realtor.com, at a median asking price of $172,500. The Census median above, $151,000, counts every owner-occupied home and not only those for sale, and it averages 2020 to 2024.

Homes for sale in Fillmore County, September 2026
Homes listed for sale15
New listings in the month2
Median asking price$172,500
Median asking price a square foot$112
Median days on the market59

Houses listed on one website, at the price asked: not land, and not what anything sold for.

Source: Realtor.com, Residential listings data, monthly inventory by county, September 2026

Next door

The counties that share a border with Fillmore County, cheapest farmland first.

Neighbouring counties
countyFarmland an acre Median home
Nuckolls County $5,127 $96,500
Saline County $5,669 $197,400
Jefferson County $5,724 $129,500
Thayer County $6,039 $122,800
Clay County $6,744 $155,600
Seward County $7,516 $241,300
York County $7,906 $189,400

Buying land here: the Nebraska rules

Tax certificates earn 14 percent, and a treasurer's deed is only for land worth little: anything more has to be foreclosed in court.

Each links to the Nebraska guide, where every fact cites the statute or agency page it came from.

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