Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year
Highest Price-to-Rent Ratios in Kansas
The counties where a home costs the most years of rent. A high ratio does not mean a place is overpriced. It can also mean rents are held down, or that buyers are paying for land, schools or a view that a renter cannot get at any price. It does mean the arithmetic of buying rests more on what the house is worth later and less on what it saves you each month. Median home value over twelve months of median gross rent, both Census five-year estimates.
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Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.
Kansas ranked
| # | County | Price-to-rent | Median home | Median rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nemaha County | 22.5 yrs | $196,100 | $726 |
| 2 | Johnson County | 22.0 yrs | $366,000 | $1,385 |
| 3 | Douglas County | 22.0 yrs | $281,600 | $1,066 |
| 4 | Miami County | 21.0 yrs | $277,700 | $1,101 |
| 5 | Linn County | 20.1 yrs | $164,500 | $682 |
| 6 | Lane County | 20.0 yrs | $119,000 | $497 |
| 7 | Jefferson County | 19.8 yrs | $200,800 | $844 |
| 8 | Ellis County | 19.6 yrs | $211,100 | $899 |
| 9 | Wabaunsee County | 19.3 yrs | $178,200 | $771 |
| 10 | Sheridan County | 19.1 yrs | $152,000 | $663 |
| 11 | Leavenworth County | 19.1 yrs | $260,600 | $1,138 |
| 12 | Jackson County | 18.8 yrs | $193,600 | $856 |
| 13 | McPherson County | 18.6 yrs | $198,400 | $889 |
| 14 | Ottawa County | 18.5 yrs | $164,100 | $738 |
| 15 | Pottawatomie County | 18.4 yrs | $223,000 | $1,011 |
| 16 | Thomas County | 18.4 yrs | $165,900 | $753 |
| 17 | Riley County | 18.1 yrs | $231,200 | $1,065 |
| 18 | Grant County | 17.5 yrs | $146,200 | $696 |
| 19 | Gray County | 17.5 yrs | $174,700 | $833 |
| 20 | Kiowa County | 17.4 yrs | $152,400 | $728 |
| 21 | Butler County | 16.9 yrs | $199,600 | $984 |
| 22 | Haskell County | 16.6 yrs | $154,800 | $776 |
| 23 | Scott County | 16.5 yrs | $170,100 | $861 |
| 24 | Franklin County | 16.5 yrs | $187,400 | $949 |
| 25 | Atchison County | 16.3 yrs | $147,900 | $756 |
| 26 | Sedgwick County | 16.3 yrs | $190,700 | $977 |
| 27 | Harvey County | 16.2 yrs | $173,300 | $891 |
| 28 | Washington County | 16.2 yrs | $106,100 | $547 |
| 29 | Finney County | 16.1 yrs | $191,100 | $991 |
| 30 | Saline County | 15.7 yrs | $171,900 | $915 |
| 31 | Anderson County | 15.6 yrs | $147,900 | $792 |
| 32 | Dickinson County | 15.3 yrs | $148,500 | $809 |
| 33 | Lyon County | 14.9 yrs | $142,200 | $796 |
| 34 | Marshall County | 14.9 yrs | $119,500 | $670 |
| 35 | Osage County | 14.7 yrs | $142,800 | $810 |
| 36 | Shawnee County | 14.6 yrs | $170,400 | $970 |
| 37 | Morris County | 14.2 yrs | $120,900 | $711 |
| 38 | Cheyenne County | 14.1 yrs | $119,300 | $703 |
| 39 | Mitchell County | 14.0 yrs | $109,600 | $653 |
| 40 | Trego County | 13.9 yrs | $115,400 | $694 |
| 41 | Coffey County | 13.8 yrs | $139,500 | $842 |
| 42 | Norton County | 13.8 yrs | $106,300 | $642 |
| 43 | Ellsworth County | 13.7 yrs | $116,300 | $705 |
| 44 | Brown County | 13.7 yrs | $111,100 | $675 |
| 45 | Clay County | 13.7 yrs | $149,600 | $911 |
| 46 | Gove County | 13.6 yrs | $119,000 | $730 |
| 47 | Wallace County | 13.6 yrs | $94,200 | $578 |
| 48 | Barton County | 13.2 yrs | $117,200 | $742 |
| 49 | Stafford County | 13.1 yrs | $96,700 | $613 |
| 50 | Marion County | 13.1 yrs | $114,400 | $727 |
| 51 | Neosho County | 13.0 yrs | $101,200 | $650 |
| 52 | Hamilton County | 12.8 yrs | $119,700 | $778 |
| 53 | Lincoln County | 12.8 yrs | $92,600 | $604 |
| 54 | Meade County | 12.7 yrs | $122,000 | $799 |
| 55 | Phillips County | 12.7 yrs | $94,700 | $621 |
| 56 | Smith County | 12.6 yrs | $91,000 | $601 |
| 57 | Doniphan County | 12.6 yrs | $121,200 | $801 |
| 58 | Morton County | 12.5 yrs | $95,600 | $637 |
| 59 | Sherman County | 12.4 yrs | $126,300 | $852 |
| 60 | Geary County | 12.3 yrs | $165,000 | $1,119 |
| 61 | Russell County | 12.3 yrs | $106,400 | $722 |
| 62 | Rice County | 12.3 yrs | $105,500 | $717 |
| 63 | Allen County | 12.2 yrs | $100,400 | $685 |
| 64 | Logan County | 12.2 yrs | $116,600 | $796 |
| 65 | Crawford County | 12.2 yrs | $122,400 | $837 |
| 66 | Reno County | 12.2 yrs | $125,000 | $857 |
| 67 | Seward County | 12.1 yrs | $134,000 | $924 |
| 68 | Osborne County | 11.9 yrs | $84,700 | $591 |
| 69 | Cowley County | 11.9 yrs | $111,600 | $779 |
| 70 | Sumner County | 11.9 yrs | $118,700 | $829 |
| 71 | Wyandotte County | 11.9 yrs | $152,700 | $1,070 |
| 72 | Pratt County | 11.8 yrs | $114,500 | $810 |
| 73 | Chase County | 11.7 yrs | $106,200 | $758 |
| 74 | Cloud County | 11.6 yrs | $96,300 | $689 |
| 75 | Ford County | 11.5 yrs | $132,700 | $960 |
| 76 | Bourbon County | 11.4 yrs | $107,600 | $784 |
| 77 | Kearny County | 11.2 yrs | $152,500 | $1,137 |
| 78 | Stevens County | 11.2 yrs | $124,500 | $930 |
| 79 | Wichita County | 11.1 yrs | $98,700 | $738 |
| 80 | Kingman County | 11.1 yrs | $107,400 | $807 |
| 81 | Rooks County | 11.0 yrs | $90,000 | $679 |
| 82 | Ness County | 10.9 yrs | $85,400 | $653 |
| 83 | Wilson County | 10.8 yrs | $93,900 | $727 |
| 84 | Woodson County | 10.8 yrs | $77,100 | $597 |
| 85 | Pawnee County | 10.6 yrs | $102,400 | $806 |
| 86 | Labette County | 10.5 yrs | $92,100 | $729 |
| 87 | Barber County | 10.4 yrs | $92,700 | $743 |
| 88 | Cherokee County | 10.3 yrs | $99,400 | $801 |
| 89 | Graham County | 10.2 yrs | $88,800 | $726 |
| 90 | Montgomery County | 10.1 yrs | $92,100 | $759 |
| 91 | Rawlins County | 10.1 yrs | $99,400 | $823 |
| 92 | Republic County | 9.9 yrs | $76,000 | $638 |
| 93 | Greeley County | 9.9 yrs | $108,900 | $915 |
| 94 | Greenwood County | 9.7 yrs | $82,600 | $710 |
| 95 | Elk County | 9.5 yrs | $60,900 | $534 |
| 96 | Rush County | 9.4 yrs | $79,300 | $700 |
| 97 | Decatur County | 9.4 yrs | $78,500 | $695 |
| 98 | Harper County | 9.3 yrs | $77,300 | $693 |
| 99 | Jewell County | 8.8 yrs | $62,100 | $591 |
| 100 | Hodgeman County | 8.6 yrs | $92,700 | $900 |
| 101 | Clark County | 8.5 yrs | $78,400 | $771 |
| 102 | Edwards County | 8.0 yrs | $70,500 | $732 |
| 103 | Stanton County | 7.7 yrs | $64,200 | $691 |
| 104 | Comanche County | 7.4 yrs | $59,900 | $672 |
| 105 | Chautauqua County | 7.4 yrs | $63,300 | $713 |
Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.
Nationwide
Highest Price-to-Rent Ratios across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Kansas