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Housing in Wayne

A typical Wayne home is worth roughly $52,000

Typical home value
$52K
KS $250K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$910
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$677
KS $2,798

What kind of housing town is Wayne?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.3 years of income

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

You could afford about
$144,000
Typical Wayne home $52K

That covers a typical Wayne home, with $92K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$330
Loan $260Tax $60Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $910 a month here, $580 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, Wayne’s typical property tax (1.30% 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 $910

Renters already here pay a median of $525, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670
1 bedroom$690
2 bedrooms$910
3 bedrooms$1,180
4 bedrooms$1,400
15%
of households rent · KS 33%
19
renter households
$525
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

85% of Wayne households own their home

Half of Wayne’s homes were built before 1956.

Owners and renters
Own 85%Rent 15%

Kansas: 67% own.

1956
typical home built · KS 1976
$677
median property tax bill · KS $2,798
1.30%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · KS 1.29%
6%
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.

Next door

Wayne vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Wayne. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Wayne$52K*—$910$38,516
Kinsley$80K+2.5%$880$125,750

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.

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