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Housing in Elk

A typical Elk home is worth roughly $74,000

Typical home value
$74K
KS $250K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$910
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,326
KS $2,798

What kind of housing town is Elk?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.5 years of income

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

You could afford about
$173,000
Typical Elk home $74K

That covers a typical Elk home, with $99K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$500
Loan $370Tax $110Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $910 a month here, $410 more 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, Elk’s typical property tax (1.80% 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

88% of Elk households own their home

Half of Elk’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters
Own 88%Rent 13%

Kansas: 67% own.

1938
typical home built · KS 1976
$1,326
median property tax bill · KS $2,798
1.80%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · KS 1.29%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $910

Renters already here pay a median of $654, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670
1 bedroom$710
2 bedrooms$910
3 bedrooms$1,100
4 bedrooms$1,320
13%
of households rent · KS 33%
45
renter households
$654
median rent paid today · Census

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

Elk vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Elk$74K*—$910$50,052
Clifton$130K−0.4%$890$63,750

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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