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Housing in Centerville

A typical Centerville home is worth roughly $293,000

Typical home value
$293K
KS $250K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,050
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,500
KS $2,798

What kind of housing town is Centerville?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

57% of Centerville households own their home

Half of Centerville’s homes were built before 2001.

Owners and renters
Own 57%Rent 43%

Kansas: 67% own.

2001
typical home built · KS 1976
$1,500
median property tax bill · KS $2,798

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 Centerville

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$273,000
Typical Centerville home $293K

That’s $20K short of a typical Centerville home.

The typical home, each month
$1,850
Loan $1,450Tax $310Insurance $90

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050 a month here, $800 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 $1,050

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$840
1 bedroom$920
2 bedrooms$1,050
3 bedrooms$1,380
4 bedrooms$1,640
43%
of households rent · KS 33%
48
renter households

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

Next door

Centerville vs. its neighbors

Centerville is the priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Centerville$293K*—$1,050$97,396
Paris$208K*—$1,040$35,893
Lincoln—−2.6%†$910$77,019
Blue Mound$289K+16.2%$1,030$44,943
Liberty$286K*—$1,210$98,750
Walker$205K*—$980$91,280
Mound City$132K+5%$1,030$63,542

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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