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Housing in Center

A typical Center home is worth roughly $215,000

Typical home value
$215K
KS $250K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$910
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,086
KS $2,798

What kind of housing town is Center?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

95% of Center households own their home

Half of Center’s homes were built before 2002.

Owners and renters
Own 95%Rent 5%

Kansas: 67% own.

2002
typical home built · KS 1976
$3,086
median property tax bill · KS $2,798
6%
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.

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Center

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$273,000
Typical Center home $215K

That covers a typical Center home, with $58K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,360
Loan $1,070Tax $230Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $910 a month here, $450 less than owning.

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 $910

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670
1 bedroom$710
2 bedrooms$910
3 bedrooms$1,100
4 bedrooms$1,320
5%
of households rent · KS 33%

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.

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Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.

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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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