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Housing in Lowell

A typical Lowell home is worth roughly $104,000

Home prices around Lowell have risen about 53% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$104K
▲ 5.7% in a year · KS $250K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$930
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$571
KS $2,798

What kind of housing town is Lowell?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Lowell

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$273,000
Typical Lowell home $104K

That covers a typical Lowell home, with $170K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$650
Loan $510Tax $110Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $930 a month here, $280 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.

The homes

50% of Lowell households own their home

Half of Lowell’s homes were built before 1997.

Owners and renters
Own 50%Rent 50%

Kansas: 67% own.

1997
typical home built · KS 1976
$571
median property tax bill · KS $2,798

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

Price trend

Home prices up 53% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Lowell rose 53% over the past 5 years, faster than across Kansas (49%). Last year prices rose 5.7%.

Lowell areaKansas
0%+50%+100%+150%200020052010201520202025
+5.7%
past year
+53%
past 5 years
+80%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Lowell, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $930

Renters already here pay a median of $1,008.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$700
1 bedroom$710
2 bedrooms$930
3 bedrooms$1,230
4 bedrooms$1,230
50%
of households rent · KS 33%
53
renter households
$1,008
median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

Lowell vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Lowell$104K*+5.7%†$930$90,806
Riverton$176K+4.7%$900$90,365

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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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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