Housing in Elmendaro

A typical Elmendaro home is worth roughly $108,000

Typical home value

$108K

KS $250K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$930

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$2,091

KS $2,798

What kind of housing town is Elmendaro?

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

Your money goes further57% below the Kansas typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.4 years of income

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

You could afford about

$262,000

Typical Elmendaro home $108K

That covers a typical Elmendaro home, with $154K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$740

Loan $540Tax $170Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $930 a month here, $190 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Center$186K Pleasant$103K Jackson$145K Emporia$177K Madison$135K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Elmendaro’s typical property tax (1.93% 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 $930

Renters already here pay a median of $713, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$660

1 bedroom$710

2 bedrooms$930

3 bedrooms$1,190

4 bedrooms$1,400

19%

of households rent · KS 33%

renter households

$713

median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

81% of Elmendaro households own their home

Half of Elmendaro’s homes were built before 1970.

Owners and renters

Own 81%Rent 19%

Kansas: 67% own.

1970

typical home built · KS 1976

$2,091

median property tax bill · KS $2,798

1.93%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · KS 1.29%

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Next door

Elmendaro vs. its neighbors

Elmendaro is the 2nd least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Center$186K Emporia$177K Jackson$145K Madison$135K Elmendaro$108K Pleasant$103K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Elmendaro	$108K*	—	$930	$76,528
Center	$186K*	—	$1,060	$79,375
Pleasant	$103K*	—	$880	$111,500
Jackson	$145K*	—	$930	$84,531
Emporia	$177K	+3.3%	$890	$93,984
Madison	$135K	+5.1%	$880	$56,250

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.