A typical Center home is worth roughly $235,000
What kind of housing town is Center?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
90% of Center households own their home
Half of Center’s homes were built before 1991.
Kansas: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
What it takes to buy in Center
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That covers a typical Center home, with $38K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $930 a month here, $560 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.
A two-bedroom rents for about $930
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Topeka, KS MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Center vs. its neighbors
Center is the priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center | $235K* | — | $930 | $54,338 |
| Mount Pleasant | $96K* | +1.6%† | $990 | $113,310 |
| Norton | $151K* | — | $990 | $76,111 |
| Lancaster | $235K | +8.9% | $950 | $63,456 |
| Benton | $104K* | — | $900 | $52,122 |
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.
Neighbors talk housing
What Center buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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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.