A typical Lincoln home is worth roughly $243,000
What kind of housing town is Lincoln?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
89% of Lincoln households own their home
Half of Lincoln’s homes were built before 2001.
Kansas: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
What it takes to buy in Lincoln
Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Lincoln home, with $30K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $910 a month here, $620 less than owning.
How Lincoln ranks on affordability →
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.
A two-bedroom rents for about $910
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Cloud County, KS): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Lincoln vs. its neighbors
The towns that share a border with Lincoln. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln | $243K* | — | $910 | — | $74,773 |
| Concordia | $132K | +5.8% | $910 | 2 | $51,138 |
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.
On the market in Lincoln
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Lincoln buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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.