Kansas Cost of Living
Housing costs and affordability data for 105 counties.
Average Monthly Rent
$802/mo
Average Home Value
$138,825
Average Owner Cost
$861/mo
County cost atlas
Kansas housing costs by county
Compare rent, entry-price context, owner costs, and cost score in one state view. Pin a county, switch layers, then open the full county profile when a place needs closer review.
Counties
105
Avg rent
$802/mo
Owner cost
$861/mo
Avg score
60.6
Higher means lower cost pressure
Atlas layers use U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates. Rent, owner cost, and home value are county medians. Cost score rewards lower rent and lower owner costs, but affordability still depends on income, household size, commute, debt, and personal finances. Use this as decision context, not personalized financial advice.
State Cost Summary
Use these state averages as a starting point, then scan the atlas and rankings for the county-level spread behind them.
Housing Costs in Kansas: An Overview
The unweighted mean of county median rents in Kansas is $802 per month, which is 43% below the national ACS median of $1,413. This gives every county equal weight and is not an official statewide median.
Within Kansas, housing costs vary significantly by county. Johnson County has the highest median rent in this dataset at $1,434 per month and a median home value of $391,200. Ness County has the lowest reported median rent at $538 per month and a median home value of $89,700.
The unweighted mean of county median home values in Kansas is $138,825, 58% lower than the national ACS median of $332,700. The unweighted mean of county median household incomes is $66,199; neither figure is a household-weighted statewide estimate.
Before comparing places in Kansas, start with the county-level pattern. Costs can swing dramatically between rural and urban counties. Use the atlas, rankings, and county links below to compare rent, home values, owner costs, and rent burden before opening a specific county profile.
Distribution
Rent Distribution in Kansas
How median rents are spread across 105 counties
Highest Median Rent Counties
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All Kansas Counties
Sorted by median rent, highest first. A higher cost score means lower rent and owner cost pressure within the national scoring model.
| County | Median Rent | Home Value | Owner Cost | Cost Score | Rent/Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson County | $1,000–$1,500$1,434/mo | $391,200 | $1,828/mo | 6.8 | 26.7% |
| Leavenworth County | $1,000–$1,500$1,219/mo | $282,900 | $1,436/mo | 13.9 | 26.4% |
| Wyandotte County | $1,000–$1,500$1,122/mo | $172,300 | $1,110/mo | 23.4 | 28.8% |
| Miami County | $1,000–$1,500$1,107/mo | $287,700 | $1,384/mo | 18.0 | 28.1% |
| Geary County | $1,000–$1,500$1,104/mo | $172,700 | $1,188/mo | 21.8 | 26.6% |
| Douglas County | $1,000–$1,500$1,099/mo | $309,400 | $1,456/mo | 17.2 | 30.8% |
| Kearny County | $1,000–$1,500$1,056/mo | $200,900 | $898/mo | 35.4 | 20.6% |
| Finney County | $1,000–$1,500$1,048/mo | $201,400 | $1,117/mo | 26.1 | 19.7% |
| Riley County | $1,000–$1,500$1,046/mo | $237,100 | $1,236/mo | 23.0 | 30.4% |
| Franklin County | $1,000–$1,500$1,042/mo | $198,700 | $1,216/mo | 23.5 | 25.0% |
| Ford County | $1,000–$1,500$1,010/mo | $151,100 | $813/mo | 43.3 | 20.6% |
| Shawnee County | $1,000–$1,500$1,000/mo | $180,900 | $1,061/mo | 30.3 | 27.6% |
| Sedgwick County | Under $1,000$998/mo | $203,300 | $1,124/mo | 28.1 | 27.4% |
| Saline County | Under $1,000$961/mo | $179,600 | $956/mo | 37.2 | 26.2% |
| Butler County | Under $1,000$956/mo | $217,600 | $1,284/mo | 26.9 | 26.7% |
| Ellis County | Under $1,000$943/mo | $216,300 | $1,120/mo | 31.6 | 32.0% |
| Wichita County | Under $1,000$942/mo | $99,300 | $761/mo | 51.0 | 24.1% |
| Hodgeman County | Under $1,000$941/mo | $101,600 | $702/mo | 55.6 | 25.0% |
| Clay County | Under $1,000$937/mo | $155,900 | $939/mo | 39.7 | 29.5% |
| Stevens County | Under $1,000$927/mo | $129,300 | $870/mo | 45.0 | 24.1% |
| Pottawatomie County | Under $1,000$924/mo | $245,900 | $1,149/mo | 32.3 | 22.5% |
| McPherson County | Under $1,000$916/mo | $211,200 | $1,106/mo | 34.4 | 26.7% |
| Sherman County | Under $1,000$913/mo | $136,700 | $967/mo | 40.1 | 30.5% |
| Hamilton County | Under $1,000$909/mo | $115,800 | $683/mo | 59.6 | 18.4% |
| Seward County | Under $1,000$905/mo | $136,500 | $864/mo | 47.1 | 22.0% |
| Dickinson County | Under $1,000$901/mo | $146,800 | $888/mo | 45.8 | 25.9% |
| Harvey County | Under $1,000$900/mo | $180,300 | $1,041/mo | 38.3 | 23.6% |
| Reno County | Under $1,000$863/mo | $132,500 | $954/mo | 45.5 | 27.0% |
| Anderson County | Under $1,000$853/mo | $171,400 | $923/mo | 48.1 | 30.5% |
| Crawford County | Under $1,000$849/mo | $132,600 | $843/mo | 54.0 | 30.3% |
| Kingman County | Under $1,000$846/mo | $111,100 | $815/mo | 56.2 | 23.4% |
| Logan County | Under $1,000$840/mo | $117,900 | $838/mo | 55.3 | 22.4% |
| Coffey County | Under $1,000$836/mo | $157,400 | $825/mo | 56.5 | 25.4% |
| Jefferson County | Under $1,000$835/mo | $216,900 | $1,085/mo | 43.2 | 24.8% |
| Barber County | Under $1,000$830/mo | $97,000 | $756/mo | 62.3 | 27.8% |
| Haskell County | Under $1,000$830/mo | $165,100 | $940/mo | 49.9 | 20.6% |
| Chase County | Under $1,000$825/mo | $109,700 | $655/mo | 70.2 | 21.8% |
| Sumner County | Under $1,000$825/mo | $135,100 | $957/mo | 49.6 | 24.8% |
| Lyon County | Under $1,000$817/mo | $150,600 | $961/mo | 50.3 | 25.9% |
| Rawlins County | Under $1,000$817/mo | $103,800 | $691/mo | 68.6 | 16.6% |
| Jackson County | Under $1,000$814/mo | $207,300 | $1,054/mo | 46.6 | 27.5% |
| Cowley County | Under $1,000$809/mo | $120,900 | $928/mo | 53.0 | 30.4% |
| Ottawa County | Under $1,000$809/mo | $166,000 | $977/mo | 50.5 | 27.2% |
| Gray County | Under $1,000$808/mo | $206,000 | $1,035/mo | 48.0 | 21.7% |
| Russell County | Under $1,000$805/mo | $119,000 | $874/mo | 56.9 | 23.0% |
| Pratt County | Under $1,000$802/mo | $114,600 | $857/mo | 58.2 | 28.6% |
| Cherokee County | Under $1,000$799/mo | $100,100 | $646/mo | 73.6 | 28.8% |
| Pawnee County | Under $1,000$795/mo | $93,000 | $761/mo | 65.8 | 26.7% |
| Greeley County | Under $1,000$794/mo | $115,200 | $753/mo | 66.7 | 18.4% |
| Meade County | Under $1,000$790/mo | $148,900 | $844/mo | 60.7 | 22.4% |
| Clark County | Under $1,000$789/mo | $87,600 | $684/mo | 72.3 | 21.2% |
| Osage County | Under $1,000$785/mo | $156,800 | $1,000/mo | 52.2 | 26.7% |
| Wabaunsee County | Under $1,000$780/mo | $177,300 | $996/mo | 53.1 | 19.4% |
| Doniphan County | Under $1,000$776/mo | $135,200 | $870/mo | 60.9 | 22.6% |
| Nemaha County | Under $1,000$774/mo | $217,200 | $795/mo | 66.2 | 24.6% |
| Cloud County | Under $1,000$769/mo | $100,000 | $780/mo | 67.8 | 25.8% |
| Atchison County | Under $1,000$765/mo | $145,700 | $858/mo | 62.9 | 28.0% |
| Kiowa County | Under $1,000$762/mo | $155,300 | $725/mo | 72.7 | 23.8% |
| Barton County | Under $1,000$761/mo | $126,400 | $779/mo | 68.8 | 24.9% |
| Montgomery County | Under $1,000$761/mo | $101,700 | $818/mo | 65.8 | 28.6% |
| Rice County | Under $1,000$753/mo | $104,600 | $749/mo | 72.0 | 19.9% |
| Bourbon County | Under $1,000$752/mo | $113,800 | $784/mo | 69.4 | 26.6% |
| Thomas County | Under $1,000$752/mo | $172,700 | $891/mo | 61.9 | 32.7% |
| Labette County | Under $1,000$746/mo | $94,600 | $718/mo | 74.8 | 24.2% |
| Edwards County | Under $1,000$740/mo | $70,900 | $529/mo | 87.3 | 24.5% |
| Wilson County | Under $1,000$736/mo | $93,500 | $769/mo | 71.9 | 26.3% |
| Graham County | Under $1,000$734/mo | $89,900 | $717/mo | 75.8 | 30.9% |
| Marion County | Under $1,000$727/mo | $124,200 | $824/mo | 68.7 | 23.6% |
| Morris County | Under $1,000$724/mo | $129,600 | $836/mo | 68.2 | 19.6% |
| Allen County | Under $1,000$720/mo | $107,600 | $733/mo | 76.0 | 23.3% |
| Trego County | Under $1,000$720/mo | $120,900 | $665/mo | 80.9 | 26.2% |
| Grant County | Under $1,000$718/mo | $110,300 | $898/mo | 64.4 | 14.2% |
| Greenwood County | Under $1,000$715/mo | $88,700 | $622/mo | 84.3 | 26.5% |
| Rush County | Under $1,000$711/mo | $83,600 | $659/mo | 82.2 | 27.7% |
| Stafford County | Under $1,000$710/mo | $97,600 | $725/mo | 77.5 | 26.5% |
| Chautauqua County | Under $1,000$708/mo | $65,500 | $599/mo | 86.0 | 26.0% |
| Ellsworth County | Under $1,000$708/mo | $114,900 | $810/mo | 71.3 | 30.1% |
| Gove County | Under $1,000$705/mo | $118,400 | $770/mo | 74.4 | 20.6% |
| Stanton County | Under $1,000$705/mo | $67,800 | $587/mo | 87.1 | 17.2% |
| Comanche County | Under $1,000$692/mo | $69,600 | $723/mo | 78.8 | 25.3% |
| Linn County | Under $1,000$691/mo | $173,600 | $883/mo | 67.5 | 22.5% |
| Harper County | Under $1,000$690/mo | $83,800 | $690/mo | 81.3 | 24.3% |
| Marshall County | Under $1,000$690/mo | $127,700 | $784/mo | 74.4 | 29.8% |
| Sheridan County | Under $1,000$689/mo | $167,200 | $755/mo | 76.6 | 22.5% |
| Scott County | Under $1,000$685/mo | $160,000 | $1,023/mo | 60.5 | 23.3% |
| Neosho County | Under $1,000$681/mo | $111,300 | $845/mo | 70.8 | 29.7% |
| Decatur County | Under $1,000$676/mo | $89,500 | $643/mo | 85.6 | 22.2% |
| Rooks County | Under $1,000$676/mo | $89,000 | $756/mo | 77.3 | 18.4% |
| Phillips County | Under $1,000$672/mo | $96,500 | $770/mo | 76.7 | 24.8% |
| Republic County | Under $1,000$664/mo | $75,600 | $620/mo | 87.8 | 21.5% |
| Cheyenne County | Under $1,000$656/mo | $125,900 | $666/mo | 85.2 | 17.9% |
| Brown County | Under $1,000$646/mo | $118,100 | $715/mo | 82.2 | 23.2% |
| Smith County | Under $1,000$635/mo | $94,100 | $692/mo | 84.3 | 31.3% |
| Lincoln County | Under $1,000$634/mo | $96,900 | $756/mo | 79.5 | 24.4% |
| Morton County | Under $1,000$632/mo | $96,100 | $752/mo | 80.0 | 27.8% |
| Woodson County | Under $1,000$618/mo | $81,200 | $684/mo | 85.3 | 29.0% |
| Norton County | Under $1,000$609/mo | $101,500 | $805/mo | 76.8 | 24.5% |
| Jewell County | Under $1,000$608/mo | $64,600 | $560/mo | 93.8 | 23.9% |
| Mitchell County | Under $1,000$604/mo | $133,800 | $887/mo | 71.2 | 21.2% |
| Wallace County | Under $1,000$601/mo | $105,000 | $738/mo | 81.8 | 14.4% |
| Osborne County | Under $1,000$595/mo | $86,400 | $595/mo | 91.6 | 23.4% |
| Lane County | Under $1,000$590/mo | $127,100 | $602/mo | 91.3 | 20.0% |
| Washington County | Under $1,000$562/mo | $117,100 | $735/mo | 82.8 | 19.5% |
| Elk County | Under $1,000$552/mo | $68,500 | $597/mo | 92.3 | 22.2% |
| Ness County | Under $1,000$538/mo | $89,700 | $731/mo | 83.5 | 14.6% |
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