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Housing in Plumb

A typical Plumb home is worth roughly $161,000

Typical home value
$161K
KS $250K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,310
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,993
KS $2,798

What kind of housing town is Plumb?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.1 years of income

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

You could afford about
$283,000
Typical Plumb home $161K

That covers a typical Plumb home, with $122K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,010
Loan $800Tax $170Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,310 a month here, $300 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, Plumb’s typical property tax (1.24% 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 Plumb households own their home

Half of Plumb’s homes were built before 1987.

Owners and renters
Own 93%Rent 7%

Kansas: 67% own.

1987
typical home built · KS 1976
$1,993
median property tax bill · KS $2,798
1.24%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · KS 1.29%

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 $1,310

Renters already here pay a median of $1,047, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$980
1 bedroom$1,020
2 bedrooms$1,310
3 bedrooms$1,730
4 bedrooms$1,760
7%
of households rent · KS 33%
13
renter households
$1,047
median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

Plumb vs. its neighbors

Plumb is the 2nd least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Plumb$161K*—$1,310$75,714
Burlingame$186K+2.2%$890$63,681
Wilmington$83K*—$960$46,500
Mission Creek$245K*—$990$90,673

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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