A typical Center home is worth roughly $118,000
What kind of housing town is Center?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 1.8 years of income
Less than across Kansas (3.4 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Center home, with $110K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $900 a month here, $120 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Center’s typical property tax (1.71% 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 $900
Renters already here pay a median of $663, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Ness County, KS): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
82% of Center households own their home
Half of Center’s homes were built before 1961.
Kansas: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Center vs. its neighbors
The towns that share a border with Center. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center | $118K* | — | $900 | $64,583 |
| Bazine | $83K | +7.4% | $930 | $64,420 |
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.
On the market in Center
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Center buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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.