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Housing in Mitchell

A typical Mitchell home is worth roughly $488,000

Typical home value
$488K
KS $250K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$950
a month, utilities in · HUD

What kind of housing town is Mitchell?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Mitchell

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You could afford about
$273,000
Typical Mitchell home $488K

That’s $214K short of a typical Mitchell home.

The typical home, each month
$3,080
Loan $2,410Tax $520Insurance $140

A two-bedroom rents for about $950 a month here, $2,130 less 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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $950

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$700
1 bedroom$780
2 bedrooms$950
3 bedrooms$1,230
4 bedrooms$1,600
27%
of households rent · KS 33%
62
renter households

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

The homes

73% of Mitchell households own their home

Half of Mitchell’s homes were built before 1979.

Owners and renters
Own 73%Rent 27%

Kansas: 67% own.

1979
typical home built · KS 1976
12%
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.

Next door

Mitchell vs. its neighbors

Mitchell is the priciest of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Mitchell$488K*—$950——
Seneca$273K+8.6%$9500$76,750
Richmond$430K*—$950—$113,462

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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