A typical Bolton home is worth roughly $88,000
Home prices around Bolton have risen about 52% over the past 5 years.
What kind of housing town is Bolton?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 1.6 years of income
Less than across Kansas (3.4 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Bolton home, with $105K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $890 a month here, $280 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Bolton’s typical property tax (1.97% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
Home prices up 52% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Bolton rose 52% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Kansas. Last year prices rose 1.4%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Bolton home at roughly $88,000 today.
Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $88K.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Bolton, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A two-bedroom rents for about $890
Renters already here pay a median of $1,102.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Cowley County, KS): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
84% of Bolton households own their home
Half of Bolton’s homes were built before 1972.
Kansas: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Bolton vs. its neighbors
Bolton is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton | $88K* | +1.4%† | $890 | — | $56,654 |
| Creswell | $179K* | +1.4%† | $890 | — | $85,000 |
| Arkansas City | $100K | +4.8% | $890 | 2 | $49,629 |
| Silverdale | — | +1.4%† | $890 | — | — |
| Beaver | — | +4.1%† | $890 | — | — |
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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What Bolton 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. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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.