A typical Alma home is worth roughly $137,000
The median sale price was $240,000 in May 2026.
Only 2 sales in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
What kind of housing town is Alma?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 1.9 years of income
Less than across Kansas (2.9 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Alma home, with $121K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,090 a month here, $200 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Alma’s typical property tax (1.53% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
1 of Alma’s houses are on the National Register
Half of Alma’s homes were built before 1953.
Kansas: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,090
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Geary County, 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.
6 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 6 new homes in Alma in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $2.1 million to build. That's 5.6 per 1,000 residents, faster than across Kansas (3.7). Over the past 10 years, Alma has permitted 26 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Alma's population fell by 30 even though 2 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Kansas: 1.1 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $2.1 million |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $1.8 million |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $77,000 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $600,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $238,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $425,000 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $125,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
On the market in Alma
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Alma buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.