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Housing in Dodge

A typical Dodge home is worth roughly $177,000

Home prices around Dodge have risen about 60% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$177K
▲ 2.3% in a year · KS $250K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$980
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,748
KS $2,798

What kind of housing town is Dodge?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.3 years of income

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

You could afford about
$460,000
Typical Dodge home $177K

That covers a typical Dodge home, with $284K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,200
Loan $870Tax $270Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $220 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Dodge’s typical property tax (1.86% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

90% of Dodge households own their home

Half of Dodge’s homes were built before 1977.

Owners and renters
Own 90%Rent 10%

Kansas: 67% own.

1977
typical home built · KS 1976
$2,748
median property tax bill · KS $2,798
1.86%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · KS 1.29%

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

Price trend

Home prices up 60% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Dodge rose 60% over the past 5 years, faster than across Kansas (49%). Last year prices rose 2.3%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Dodge home at roughly $177,000 today.

Dodge areaKansas
0%+50%+100%+150%200020052010201520202025
+2.3%
past year
+60%
past 5 years
+90%
past 10 years
Estimated value

Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $177K.

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Dodge, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $980

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$680
1 bedroom$750
2 bedrooms$980
3 bedrooms$1,270
4 bedrooms$1,400
10%
of households rent · KS 33%
38
renter households
0%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · KS 44%
9%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom

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

Next door

Dodge vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Dodge. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Dodge$177K*+2.3%†$980—$134,065
Dodge City$209K−2.8%$98053$68,721
Enterprise—+2.3%†$980—$108,824
Richland—+2.3%†$980—$44,221
Fairview—+2.3%†$990——

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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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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