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Housing in Jefferson

A typical Jefferson home is worth roughly $140,000

Typical home value
$140K
KS $250K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$880
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,210
KS $2,798

What kind of housing town is Jefferson?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Jefferson

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You could afford about
$273,000
Typical Jefferson home $140K

That covers a typical Jefferson home, with $134K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$880
Loan $690Tax $150Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $880 a month here, $0 less than owning.

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.

The homes

90% of Jefferson households own their home

Half of Jefferson’s homes were built before 1961.

Owners and renters
Own 90%Rent 10%

Kansas: 67% own.

1961
typical home built · KS 1976
$2,210
median property tax bill · KS $2,798
4%
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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $880

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$660
1 bedroom$670
2 bedrooms$880
3 bedrooms$1,150
4 bedrooms$1,170
10%
of households rent · KS 33%

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

Jefferson vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Jefferson$140K*—$880$89,031
Newbern—+3.3%†$880$64,632

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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