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Housing in Independent Township

A typical Independent Township home is worth roughly $107,000

Typical home value
$107K
KS $217K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$880
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,000
KS $2,798

What kind of housing town is Independent Township?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Independent Township

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You could afford about
$273,000
Typical Independent Township home $107K

That covers a typical Independent Township home, with $166K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$680
Loan $530Tax $120Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $880 a month here, $200 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $880

Renters already here pay a median of $483, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$640
1 bedroom$690
2 bedrooms$880
3 bedrooms$1,210
4 bedrooms$1,300
14%
of households rent · KS 33%
15
renter households
$483
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Barton 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

86% of Independent Township households own their home

Half of Independent Township’s homes were built before 1956.

Owners and renters
Own 86%Rent 14%

Kansas: 67% own.

1956
typical home built · KS 1976
$2,000
median property tax bill · KS $2,798
5%
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

Independent Township vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Independent Township. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Independent Township$107K*—$880—$63,438
Claflin$145K+11.3%$8800$63,438

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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What Independent Township buyers, sellers and renters are saying.

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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.

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