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Housing in Jackson

A typical Jackson home is worth roughly $145,000

Typical home value
$145K
KS $250K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$930
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,172
KS $2,798

What kind of housing town is Jackson?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.7 years of income

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

You could afford about
$306,000
Typical Jackson home $145K

That covers a typical Jackson home, with $161K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$940
Loan $720Tax $180Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $930 a month here, $10 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Jackson’s typical property tax (1.50% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

98% of Jackson households own their home

Half of Jackson’s homes were built before 1971.

Owners and renters
Own 98%Rent 2%

Kansas: 67% own.

1971
typical home built · KS 1976
$2,172
median property tax bill · KS $2,798
1.50%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · KS 1.29%

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $930

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$660
1 bedroom$710
2 bedrooms$930
3 bedrooms$1,190
4 bedrooms$1,420
2%
of households rent · KS 33%
7
renter households

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

Next door

Jackson vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Jackson$145K*—$930$84,531
Lincoln$157K*—$900$74,583
Emporia$177K+3.3%$890$93,984
Reading$295K+9.1%$1,000$97,083
Fremont$259K*+0.5%†$920$92,455
Elmendaro$108K*—$930$76,528

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.

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