A typical Highland home is worth about $167,000
Up 8.9% in a year, 33% below the Kansas typical home.
Only 1 sale in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
What kind of housing town is Highland?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Up 38% in five years
Faster than Kansas (30.3%).
Show as a table
| January | Highland | Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $88,000 | $138,000 |
| 2018 | $86,000 | $144,000 |
| 2019 | $95,000 | $151,000 |
| 2020 | $97,000 | $160,000 |
| 2021 | $119,000 | $176,000 |
| 2022 | $120,000 | $198,000 |
| 2023 | $127,000 | $216,000 |
| 2024 | $134,000 | $225,000 |
| 2025 | $150,000 | $240,000 |
| 2026 | $167,000 | $246,000 |
| August 2026 | $167,000 | $250,000 |
A typical Highland home worth $85K in September 2016 is worth about $167K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A typical home costs 2.3 years of income
Less than across Kansas (3.4 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Highland home, with $101K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $940 a month here, $110 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Highland’s typical property tax (1.23% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
3 of Highland’s houses are on the National Register
Half of Highland’s homes were built before 1949.
Kansas: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.
A two-bedroom rents for about $940
Renters already here pay a median of $617, 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 (St. Joseph, MO-KS MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
No new homes permitted in 2025
No permits for new homes were issued in Highland in 2025. The last year with any was 2023 (1 new home).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Highland's population fell by 109 even though 11 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $150,000 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $800,000 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $450,000 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $91,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $150,000 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $130,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $125,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $190,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $120,000 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $175,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $200,000 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $130,000 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 7 | 1 | 6 | $405,000 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $360,000 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $210,000 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 | $65,000 |
| 2000 | 3 | 1 | 2 | $105,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Neighbors talk housing
What Highland buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. 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.