A typical Buhler home is worth about $207,000
Up 8.8% in a year, 17% below the Kansas typical home.
Only 1 sale 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 Buhler?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Up 37% in five years
Faster than Kansas (30.3%).
Show as a table
| January | Buhler | Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $117,000 | $138,000 |
| 2018 | $120,000 | $144,000 |
| 2019 | $124,000 | $151,000 |
| 2020 | $128,000 | $160,000 |
| 2021 | $139,000 | $176,000 |
| 2022 | $156,000 | $198,000 |
| 2023 | $170,000 | $216,000 |
| 2024 | $175,000 | $225,000 |
| 2025 | $189,000 | $240,000 |
| 2026 | $198,000 | $246,000 |
| August 2026 | $207,000 | $250,000 |
A typical Buhler home worth $116K in September 2016 is worth about $207K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A typical home costs 2.8 years of income
Less than across Kansas (3.4 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Buhler home, with $48K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $880 a month here, $500 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Buhler’s typical property tax (1.72% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $880
Renters already here pay a median of $917.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
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.
2 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 2 new homes in Buhler in 2025, all single-family houses. That's 1.3 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Kansas (3.7). Over the past 10 years, Buhler has permitted 10 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Buhler's population fell by 2 even though 11 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) | 1 | 1 | 0 | $375,000 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $750,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $400,000 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $547,000 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $490,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $238,000 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $212,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $209,000 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $367,000 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $335,000 |
| 2010 | 5 | 1 | 4 | $440,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $168,000 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $306,000 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $414,000 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $259,000 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2 | 2 | $401,000 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $336,000 |
| 2000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $216,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
1 of Buhler’s houses are on the National Register
Half of Buhler’s homes were built before 1962.
Kansas: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.
On the market in Buhler
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Buhler buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. 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.