A typical Ellsworth home is worth roughly $167,000
Home prices around Ellsworth have risen about 29% over the past 5 years. No new homes were permitted in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Ellsworth?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A two-bedroom rents for about $880
Renters already here pay a median of $681, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Ellsworth County, KS): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Home prices up 29% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Ellsworth rose 29% over the past 5 years, slower than across Kansas (49%). Last year prices fell 5.3%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Ellsworth home at roughly $167,000 today.
Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $167K.
How Ellsworth ranks on rising home prices →
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Ellsworth, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A typical home costs 2.5 years of income
Less than across Kansas (3.4 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Ellsworth home, with $67K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $880 a month here, $240 less than owning.
How Ellsworth ranks on affordability →
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Ellsworth’s typical property tax (1.75% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
No new homes permitted in 2025
No permits for new homes were issued in Ellsworth in 2025. The last year with any was 2021 (60 new homes).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Ellsworth's population fell by 54 even though 16 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Kansas: 1.1 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 60 | 60 | 0 | $14.7 million |
| 2020 | 12 | 12 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 4 | $700,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $160,000 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $600,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $600,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $600,000 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $600,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $550,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $294,000 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $493,000 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $452,000 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $155,000 |
| 2004 | 14 | 14 | 0 | $1.8 million |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 4 | $306,000 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $250,000 |
| 2001 | 14 | 14 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| 2000 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $578,000 |
How Ellsworth ranks on new homes being built →
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
2 of Ellsworth’s houses are on the National Register
Half of Ellsworth’s homes were built before 1960.
Kansas: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.
On the market in Ellsworth
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Ellsworth buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.