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Housing in Pawnee

A typical Pawnee home is worth roughly $171,000

Home prices around Pawnee have risen about 55% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$171K
▲ 8.4% in a year · KS $250K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$940
a month, utilities in · HUD

What kind of housing town is Pawnee?

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

★ What stands out · Price trend

Home prices up 55% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Pawnee rose 55% over the past 5 years, faster than across Kansas (49%). Last year prices rose 8.4%.

Pawnee areaKansas
0%+50%+100%+150%200020052010201520202025
+8.4%
past year
+55%
past 5 years
+75%
past 10 years

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

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Pawnee

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$273,000
Typical Pawnee home $171K

That covers a typical Pawnee home, with $102K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,080
Loan $850Tax $180Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $940 a month here, $140 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.

The homes

93% of Pawnee households own their home

Half of Pawnee’s homes were built before 1972.

Owners and renters
Own 93%Rent 7%

Kansas: 67% own.

1972
typical home built · KS 1976

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $940

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$650
1 bedroom$720
2 bedrooms$940
3 bedrooms$1,150
4 bedrooms$1,370
7%
of households rent · KS 33%
7
renter households

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

Pawnee vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Pawnee$171K*+8.4%†$940—
Marmaton—+8.4%†$930$110,625
Lincoln$39K*—$880$58,829

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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