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Housing in Miami

A typical Miami home is worth roughly $229,000

Typical home value
$229K
KS $250K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,160
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,639
KS $2,798
Affordability

A typical home costs 2.7 years of income

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

You could afford about
$323,000
Typical Miami home $229K

That covers a typical Miami home, with $95K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,420
Loan $1,130Tax $220Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,160 a month here, $260 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Miami’s typical property tax (1.15% 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 $1,160

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$940
1 bedroom$1,030
2 bedrooms$1,160
3 bedrooms$1,520
4 bedrooms$1,800
15%
of households rent · KS 33%
41
renter households

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Kansas City, MO-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.

The homes

1 of Miami’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Miami’s homes were built before 1956.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 85%Rent 15%

Kansas: 67% own.

1956
typical home built · KS 1976
$2,639
median property tax bill · KS $2,798
1.15%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · KS 1.29%
8%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes
Historic houses in Miami

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

Next door

Miami vs. its neighbors

Miami is the 3rd least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Miami$229K*—$1,160—$86,304
Osage$230K*—$1,160—$80,536
Sugar Creek—+2.6%†$1,480—$98,500
Valley$257K*+7.2%†$1,170—$89,643
Lincoln$160K*—$1,110—$56,310
Linn Valley$155K+14.2%$1,11037$51,279
Middle Creek$395K*+4.7%†$1,490—$136,000

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. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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