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Housing in Bloomington

A typical Bloomington home is worth roughly $144,000

Typical home value
$144K
KS $250K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,030
a month, utilities in · HUD

What kind of housing town is Bloomington?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Bloomington

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$273,000
Typical Bloomington home $144K

That covers a typical Bloomington home, with $129K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$910
Loan $710Tax $150Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,030 a month here, $120 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Kansas typical property tax (1.29% 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

89% of Bloomington households own their home

Half of Bloomington’s homes were built before 1978.

Owners and renters
Own 89%Rent 11%

Kansas: 67% own.

1978
typical home built · KS 1976

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,030

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$730
1 bedroom$790
2 bedrooms$1,030
3 bedrooms$1,350
4 bedrooms$1,670
11%
of households rent · KS 33%
25
renter households

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

Bloomington vs. its neighbors

Bloomington is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Bloomington$144K*—$1,030$59,900
Spring$235K*+3.4%†$1,090$93,750
Walnut$206K*−0.9%†$1,140$103,375
Rock Creek—−7.5%†$940$135,859

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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