Housing in Center

A typical Center home is worth roughly $97,000

Typical home value

$97K

KS $250K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$920

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,896

KS $2,798

What kind of housing town is Center?

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

Your money goes further61% below the Kansas typical home.A high tax rateAbout 1.96% of a home’s value a year, vs 1.29% across Kansas.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.7 years of income

Less than across Kansas (3.4 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about

$190,000

Typical Center home $97K

That covers a typical Center home, with $93K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$670

Loan $480Tax $160Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $920 a month here, $250 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 (1.96% 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 $920

Renters already here pay a median of $678, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670

1 bedroom$800

2 bedrooms$920

3 bedrooms$1,190

4 bedrooms$1,340

17%

of households rent · KS 33%

123

renter households

59%

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · KS 44%

20%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$678

median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Smith 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

83% of Center households own their home

Half of Center’s homes were built before 1958.

Owners and renters

Own 83%Rent 17%

Kansas: 67% own.

1958

typical home built · KS 1976

$1,896

median property tax bill · KS $2,798

1.96%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · KS 1.29%

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

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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.