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Housing in Belleville

A typical Belleville home is worth roughly $82,000

Builders were permitted 3 new homes in 2025.

Typical home value
$82K
KS $250K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$880
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,478
KS $2,798

What kind of housing town is Belleville?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.4 years of income

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

You could afford about
$193,000
Typical Belleville home $82K

That covers a typical Belleville home, with $112K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$550
Loan $400Tax $120Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $880 a month here, $330 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Belleville’s typical property tax (1.81% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $880

Renters already here pay a median of $621, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$640
1 bedroom$800
2 bedrooms$880
3 bedrooms$1,200
4 bedrooms$1,280
26%
of households rent · KS 33%
209
renter households
22%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · KS 44%
19%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$621
median rent paid today · Census

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

New construction

3 new homes permitted in 2025

Builders were permitted 3 new homes in Belleville in 2025, all single-family houses. That's 1.4 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Kansas (3.7). Over the past 10 years, Belleville has permitted 12 homes in all.

Single-family2+ homes per building
0102030 200020052010201520202025
3
new homes permitted in 2025
4
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
1.4
per 1,000 residents · KS 3.7
12
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents+16
New homes+35

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Belleville gained 16 residents while 35 new homes were permitted: about 0.5 new residents per new home. Building outpaced population growth, which usually means smaller households or homes used part of the year. Across Kansas: 1.1 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)440$656,000
2025330$450,000
2024440$825,000
2023220$400,000
2022110$275,000
2021000—
2020000—
2019110$125,000
2018110$25,000
2017000—
2016000—
2015110$135,000
201424024$3.2 million
2013220$600,000
2012110$170,000
2011404$600,000
2010110$115,000
2009000—
2008000—
2007110$100,000
2006000—
200518018$700,000
2004000—
2003000—
2002110$20,000
2001716$474,000
2000110$45,000

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

The homes

1 of Belleville’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Belleville’s homes were built before 1956.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 74%Rent 26%

Kansas: 67% own.

1956
typical home built · KS 1976
$1,478
median property tax bill · KS $2,798
1.81%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · KS 1.29%
4%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes
Historic houses in Belleville

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.

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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. 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.

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