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Housing in Scott

A typical Scott home is worth roughly $350,000

Typical home value
$350K
KS $250K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,130
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,571
KS $2,798

What kind of housing town is Scott?

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

★ What stands out · Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,130

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$910
1 bedroom$990
2 bedrooms$1,130
3 bedrooms$1,470
4 bedrooms$1,740
8%
of households rent · KS 33%

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

The homes

93% of Scott households own their home

Half of Scott’s homes were built before 1994.

Owners and renters
Own 93%Rent 8%

Kansas: 67% own.

1994
typical home built · KS 1976
$3,571
median property tax bill · KS $2,798
36%
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.

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Scott

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$273,000
Typical Scott home $350K

That’s $77K short of a typical Scott home.

The typical home, each month
$2,210
Loan $1,730Tax $380Insurance $100

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,130 a month here, $1,080 less than owning.

How Scott ranks on affordability →

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.

Next door

Scott vs. its neighbors

Scott is the priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Scott$350K*—$1,130—$104,063
Lincoln$160K*—$1,110—$56,310
Liberty$286K*—$1,210—$98,750
Paris$208K*—$1,040—$35,893
Osage$230K*—$1,160—$80,536
La Cygne$192K+5.3%$1,1102$58,882

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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