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Housing in Afton

A typical Afton home is worth roughly $389,000

Typical home value
$389K
KS $250K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,290
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$4,275
KS $2,798

What kind of housing town is Afton?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.9 years of income

Less than across Kansas (3.4 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$504,000
Typical Afton home $389K

That covers a typical Afton home, with $115K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$2,390
Loan $1,930Tax $360Insurance $110

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,290 a month here, $1,100 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Afton’s typical property tax (1.10% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

98% of Afton households own their home

Half of Afton’s homes were built before 1993.

Owners and renters
Own 98%Rent 2%

Kansas: 67% own.

1993
typical home built · KS 1976
$4,275
median property tax bill · KS $2,798
1.10%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · KS 1.29%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,290

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$920
1 bedroom$1,000
2 bedrooms$1,290
3 bedrooms$1,690
4 bedrooms$2,080
2%
of households rent · KS 33%
7
renter households
0%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · KS 44%
12%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Wichita, KS HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Next door

Afton vs. its neighbors

Afton is the 2nd priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Afton$389K*—$1,290$132,656
Illinois$303K*+2%†$1,400$105,556
Garden Plain$323K+4.4%$1,290$79,375
Viola$398K+4.4%$1,230$88,077
Morton$179K*−0.3%†$1,120$84,318

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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