A typical Franklin home is worth roughly $120,000
What kind of housing town is Franklin?
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What it takes to buy in Franklin
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That covers a typical Franklin home, with $154K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040 a month here, $280 more than owning.
How Franklin ranks on affordability →
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.
87% of Franklin households own their home
Half of Franklin’s homes were built before 1963.
Kansas: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Allen County, KS): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Franklin vs. its neighbors
Franklin is the 2nd least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin | $120K* | — | $1,040 | $73,611 |
| Blue Mound | $289K | +16.2% | $1,030 | $44,943 |
| Marion | $89K* | — | $920 | $70,714 |
| Mill Creek | — | +8.4%† | $930 | $54,545 |
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.
On the market in Franklin
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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.