Housing in Walnut

A typical Walnut home is worth roughly $249,000

Typical home value

$249K

KS $250K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,000

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$2,786

KS $2,798

What kind of housing town is Walnut?

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

A town of owners100% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · The homes

100% of Walnut households own their home

Half of Walnut’s homes were built before 1971.

Owners and renters

Own 100%

Kansas: 67% own.

1971

typical home built · KS 1976

$2,786

median property tax bill · KS $2,798

1.12%

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.

Affordability

A typical home costs 2.8 years of income

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

You could afford about

$332,000

Typical Walnut home $249K

That covers a typical Walnut home, with $83K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,540

Loan $1,230Tax $230Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,000 a month here, $540 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Salina$180K Eureka$100K Smolan$230K Greeley$459K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Walnut’s typical property tax (1.12% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,000

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$760

1 bedroom$760

2 bedrooms$1,000

3 bedrooms$1,220

4 bedrooms$1,320

of households rent · KS 33%

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Dickinson 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 priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Greeley$459K Walnut$249K Smolan$230K Salina$180K Eureka$100K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Walnut	$249K*	—	$1,000	—	$87,794
Salina	$180K	+4.5%	$1,030	90	$61,783
Eureka	$100K*	—	$940	—	$75,000
Smolan	$230K*	+1.3%†	$1,000	—	$75,250
Greeley	$459K*	+4.5%†	$1,060	—	$155,750

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.