Bolthole Index county-legal census · checked 2026-10-05
1 of Nebraska's 93 counties — 1% — allow tiny homes as a dwelling. That is the 35th-largest count of any state. The strongest of them on the Bolthole Index is Custer County (46/100). Every entry below cites the county’s own official source.
Rules change, and cities inside these counties set their own — treat this as a verified starting point, not legal advice. All 547 counties nationwide → Nebraska: no building codes → Nebraska: no zoning → Nebraska: no codes, no zoning → Nebraska: owner-builder → Nebraska: no minimum home size → Full Nebraska profile →
From the Nebraska guide
Nebraska RV occupancy has a county-level answer in 12 counties: 2 temporary-only and 10 limited, with 81 unanswered.6 Dakota County and York County are the temporary-only answers, while Boone County and Furnas County are among those that limit RV occupancy.6 Open the specific county page before planning to live in an RV.
Tiny-home occupancy has an answer in 13 counties: 1 allowed and 12 limited, with 80 unanswered.7 Custer County is the allowed answer, subject to the conditions on its county page; browse the tiny-home list.7
State law restricts camping on state or county highways, roadside areas and parks outside designated campsites, but that rule covers public property and does not answer living in an RV on your own land.22 Nebraska’s park-model RV definition requires temporary recreational, camping, travel or seasonal living quarters, and state classification does not establish local occupancy approval.23 We could not confirm a statewide entitlement to long-term private-land RV occupancy; ask the parcel’s zoning office.17
From the Nebraska guide, written from the cited official sources and re-checked by an independent reviewer. This is research, not legal advice: confirm with the office before you buy or build.
1 of 93 Nebraska counties · sorted by Index score
Site-built tiny houses and RV/park-model/camper tiny-house types in the county zoning jurisdiction. Site-built tiny houses require at least one habitable room of 120 square feet…
Custer County Zoning Regulations ↗Every county here has a full profile — water, land prices, hazard safety, seclusion, and the rest of its building rules. See the Nebraska state page for all 93 counties ranked, or go back to the national list.
Off-grid gear
Building on land in one of these Nebraska counties? The kit we'd start with:
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General guidance, not legal advice. Off-grid, building, and land-use rules are often set at the county level and change often. Verify with your county and state before acting. Data reviewed 2026-06-26.
