A typical Royal home is worth roughly $345,000
Home prices around Royal have risen about 60% over the past 5 years.
What kind of housing town is Royal?
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What it takes to buy in Royal
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That’s $72K short of a typical Royal home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $1,200 less than owning.
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.
94% of Royal households own their home
Half of Royal’s homes were built before 1997.
Kansas: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Home prices up 60% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Royal rose 60% over the past 5 years, faster than across Kansas (49%). Last year prices rose 2.3%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Royal, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A two-bedroom rents for about $980
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Ford County, KS): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Royal vs. its neighbors
The towns that share a border with Royal. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal | $345K* | +2.3%† | $980 | $87,500 |
| Cimarron | $237K | +3.2% | $940 | $82,031 |
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.
Neighbors talk housing
What Royal buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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.