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Housing in Newark

A typical Newark home is worth roughly $275,000

Typical home value
$275K
KS $250K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,050
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,882
KS $2,798

What kind of housing town is Newark?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

67% of Newark households own their home

Half of Newark’s homes were built before 1955.

Owners and renters
Own 67%Rent 33%

Kansas: 67% own.

1955
typical home built · KS 1976
$2,882
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.

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Newark

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$273,000
Typical Newark home $275K

That’s $2K short of a typical Newark home.

The typical home, each month
$1,740
Loan $1,360Tax $300Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050 a month here, $690 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 $1,050

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$790
1 bedroom$810
2 bedrooms$1,050
3 bedrooms$1,330
4 bedrooms$1,660
33%
of households rent · KS 33%
39
renter households

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

Newark vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Newark$275K*—$1,050$36,000
Neodesha$104K−4.3%$880$124,010

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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