Housing in Grasshopper

A typical Grasshopper home is worth roughly $133,000

Typical home value

$133K

KS $250K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$890

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,667

KS $2,798

What kind of housing town is Grasshopper?

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

Your money goes further47% below the Kansas typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.9 years of income

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

You could afford about

$256,000

Typical Grasshopper home $133K

That covers a typical Grasshopper home, with $123K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$840

Loan $660Tax $140Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $890 a month here, $50 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Lancaster$235K Mission$116K Benton$104K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Grasshopper’s typical property tax (1.25% 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 $890

Renters already here pay a median of $536, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670

1 bedroom$680

2 bedrooms$890

3 bedrooms$1,170

4 bedrooms$1,270

15%

of households rent · KS 33%

renter households

$536

median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

85% of Grasshopper households own their home

Half of Grasshopper’s homes were built before 1963.

Owners and renters

Own 85%Rent 15%

Kansas: 67% own.

1963

typical home built · KS 1976

$1,667

median property tax bill · KS $2,798

1.25%

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

Grasshopper vs. its neighbors

Grasshopper is the 2nd priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Lancaster$235K Grasshopper$133K Mission$116K Benton$104K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Grasshopper	$133K*	—	$890	$69,375
Kapioma	—	+13.6%†	$900	—
Lancaster	$235K	+8.9%	$950	$63,456
Mission	$116K*	+13.6%†	$890	$59,688
Benton	$104K*	—	$900	$52,122

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.