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Housing in Cawker

A typical Cawker home is worth roughly $98,000

Typical home value
$98K
KS $250K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,030
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,563
KS $2,798

What kind of housing town is Cawker?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Cawker

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You could afford about
$273,000
Typical Cawker home $98K

That covers a typical Cawker home, with $176K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$620
Loan $480Tax $100Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,030 a month here, $410 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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,030

Renters already here pay a median of $597, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$750
1 bedroom$790
2 bedrooms$1,030
3 bedrooms$1,420
4 bedrooms$1,500
19%
of households rent · KS 33%
39
renter households
$597
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

81% of Cawker households own their home

Half of Cawker’s homes were built before 1957.

Owners and renters
Own 81%Rent 19%

Kansas: 67% own.

1957
typical home built · KS 1976
$1,563
median property tax bill · KS $2,798
10%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Next door

Cawker vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Cawker$98K*—$1,030$48,333
Glen Elder$160K−3.9%$900$97,731
Ross$100K*—$890$62,708

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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