NE area data
Wellfleet, NE
Wellfleet, NE.
Population: 326 (Census ACS)
The median home value in Wellfleet, NE is $225,000. FEMA's National Risk Index rates the county's overall natural-hazard risk Relatively Low, with hail, winterweather, drought the top-rated hazards. Cost of living is 9.9% below the US average (BEA, metro/state-level).
$225,000
Median home value
Relatively Low
Hazard risk (county)
Home values & appreciation
- Median home value
- $225,000
- House Price Index (state)
- 431.4 (+2.1% YoY)
Sources: home value index (ZIP-level) · FHFA House Price Index (state-level)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Below Average)
- 90.1 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 12.3¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $11.40/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Sources: BEA Regional Price Parities (metro/state-level) · EIA energy rates (state-level) · Freddie Mac PMMS (national)
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk (county)
- Relatively Low
- Top hazards (county)
- hail, winterWeather, drought
- Notable hazard ratings (county)
- coldWave: Relatively Low · drought: Relatively Moderate · hail: Relatively High · heatWave: Relatively Low · iceStorm: Relatively Low · inlandFlooding: Relatively Low
- Wildfire risk to homes (county)
- Higher than 63% of US counties
- Buildings in wildfire direct-exposure zone
- 40.3%
- Radon potential (county)
- Low radon potential — EPA Zone 3 of 3
- EPA Superfund (NPL) sites within 5 mi
- None
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (county-level) · FEMA flood data (ZIP-level) · USDA Forest Service Wildfire Risk to Communities (county-level) · EPA radon zones + Superfund NPL
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 50.0°F
- Average high
- 64.0°F
- Average low
- 36.0°F
- Annual precipitation
- 21.8 in
- Annual snowfall
- 29.4 in
- USDA plant hardiness zone
- 5b (extreme annual low -15 to -10°F)
Sources: NOAA Climate Normals (30-year, nearest-station) · USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map (2023)
Amenities
- Airports within 30 mi
- 7
- Nearest airport
- Frontier Field (10 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field (LBF) (26 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 4
- Hospitals include
- GREAT PLAINS HEALTH, GOTHENBURG HEALTH, TRI VALLEY HEALTH SYSTEM
- Avg hospital rating (CMS)
- 3.0 / 5
- Best hospital rating nearby (CMS)
- 3.0 / 5
- Solar radiation rating
- Good (4.6 kWh/m²/day)
Sources: National Park Service · FAA airport data · CMS hospital data · DOE/NREL (proximity-based)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,956
- Housing built before 1970
- 55.3%
- Housing built 2000 or later
- 12.6%
- Median annual property tax
- $2,389
- Households with broadband internet
- 44.6%
Source: Census ACS 5-year estimates (ZIP-level)
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 11,748
- Average weekly wage
- $913
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Accommodation & Food, Construction
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 43
Sources: BLS QCEW (county-level) · Census Building Permits (county-level)
Area data compiled from public government, academic, and industry research feeds. Data sources →
Common questions
- What is the median home value in Wellfleet, NE?
- $225,000.
- What is the natural-hazard risk in Wellfleet, NE?
- Overall risk: Relatively Low (FEMA NRI, county-level). Top hazards: hail, winterWeather, drought.
- What is the wildfire risk in Wellfleet, NE?
- Risk to homes is higher than 63% of US counties (USDA Forest Service Wildfire Risk to Communities, county-level).
- What is the radon potential in Wellfleet, NE?
- Low radon potential — EPA Zone 3 of 3, county-level. EPA recommends testing every home regardless of zone.
- Are there Superfund sites near Wellfleet, NE?
- No current or proposed National Priorities List sites within 5 miles (EPA).
- What is the cost of living in Wellfleet, NE?
- Regional Price Parity: 90.1 (100 = US average) (Below Average) (BEA RPP, metro/state-level).
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