Housing in Walnut

A typical Walnut home is worth roughly $119,000

Typical home value

$119K

KS $250K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$980

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,668

KS $2,798

What kind of housing town is Walnut?

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

Your money goes further52% below the Kansas typical home.A town of owners91% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.9 years of income

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

You could afford about

$226,000

Typical Walnut home $119K

That covers a typical Walnut home, with $107K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$760

Loan $590Tax $140Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $220 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Sabetha$207K Powhattan$62K Hiawatha$143K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Walnut’s typical property tax (1.40% 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

91% of Walnut households own their home

Half of Walnut’s homes were built before 1973.

Owners and renters

Own 91%Rent 9%

Kansas: 67% own.

1973

typical home built · KS 1976

$1,668

median property tax bill · KS $2,798

1.40%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · KS 1.29%

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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $980

Renters already here pay a median of $780, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$710

1 bedroom$760

2 bedrooms$980

3 bedrooms$1,270

4 bedrooms$1,360

of households rent · KS 33%

renter households

$780

median rent paid today · Census

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

Walnut vs. its neighbors

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

Sabetha$207K Hiawatha$143K Walnut$119K Powhattan$62K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Walnut	$119K*	—	$980	—	$61,892
Sabetha	$207K	+11.8%	$880	2	$70,464
Powhattan	$62K*	—	$1,050	—	$51,477
Hiawatha	$143K	+3.6%	$890	—	$107,000

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.