Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year
Lowest Rents in Kansas
Median gross rent by county, lowest first, including the utilities a tenant pays. Set these against the monthly cost to own the same county's median home: where the two are close, buying is not the stretch it looks like.
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Kansas ranked
| # | County | Median rent | Monthly to own | Median home |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lane County | $497 | $1,148 | $119,000 |
| 2 | Elk County | $534 | $714 | $60,900 |
| 3 | Washington County | $547 | $1,048 | $106,100 |
| 4 | Wallace County | $578 | $959 | $94,200 |
| 5 | Jewell County | $591 | $723 | $62,100 |
| 6 | Osborne County | $591 | $888 | $84,700 |
| 7 | Woodson County | $597 | $839 | $77,100 |
| 8 | Smith County | $601 | $942 | $91,000 |
| 9 | Lincoln County | $604 | $947 | $92,600 |
| 10 | Stafford County | $613 | $980 | $96,700 |
| 11 | Phillips County | $621 | $975 | $94,700 |
| 12 | Morton County | $637 | $1,010 | $95,600 |
| 13 | Republic County | $638 | $823 | $76,000 |
| 14 | Norton County | $642 | $1,052 | $106,300 |
| 15 | Neosho County | $650 | $1,010 | $101,200 |
| 16 | Mitchell County | $653 | $1,116 | $109,600 |
| 17 | Ness County | $653 | $919 | $85,400 |
| 18 | Sheridan County | $663 | $1,423 | $152,000 |
| 19 | Marshall County | $670 | $1,136 | $119,500 |
| 20 | Comanche County | $672 | $720 | $59,900 |
| 21 | Brown County | $675 | $1,068 | $111,100 |
| 22 | Rooks County | $679 | $942 | $90,000 |
| 23 | Linn County | $682 | $1,463 | $164,500 |
| 24 | Allen County | $685 | $1,018 | $100,400 |
| 25 | Cloud County | $689 | $996 | $96,300 |
| 26 | Stanton County | $691 | $768 | $64,200 |
| 27 | Harper County | $693 | $839 | $77,300 |
| 28 | Trego County | $694 | $1,121 | $115,400 |
| 29 | Decatur County | $695 | $849 | $78,500 |
| 30 | Grant County | $696 | $1,349 | $146,200 |
| 31 | Rush County | $700 | $863 | $79,300 |
| 32 | Cheyenne County | $703 | $1,147 | $119,300 |
| 33 | Ellsworth County | $705 | $1,135 | $116,300 |
| 34 | Greenwood County | $710 | $873 | $82,600 |
| 35 | Morris County | $711 | $1,174 | $120,900 |
| 36 | Chautauqua County | $713 | $714 | $63,300 |
| 37 | Rice County | $717 | $1,051 | $105,500 |
| 38 | Russell County | $722 | $1,076 | $106,400 |
| 39 | Graham County | $726 | $930 | $88,800 |
| 40 | Nemaha County | $726 | $1,686 | $196,100 |
| 41 | Marion County | $727 | $1,139 | $114,400 |
| 42 | Wilson County | $727 | $944 | $93,900 |
| 43 | Kiowa County | $728 | $1,378 | $152,400 |
| 44 | Labette County | $729 | $949 | $92,100 |
| 45 | Gove County | $730 | $1,137 | $119,000 |
| 46 | Edwards County | $732 | $772 | $70,500 |
| 47 | Ottawa County | $738 | $1,531 | $164,100 |
| 48 | Wichita County | $738 | $989 | $98,700 |
| 49 | Barton County | $742 | $1,156 | $117,200 |
| 50 | Barber County | $743 | $956 | $92,700 |
| 51 | Thomas County | $753 | $1,505 | $165,900 |
| 52 | Atchison County | $756 | $1,363 | $147,900 |
| 53 | Chase County | $758 | $1,060 | $106,200 |
| 54 | Montgomery County | $759 | $954 | $92,100 |
| 55 | Clark County | $771 | $866 | $78,400 |
| 56 | Wabaunsee County | $771 | $1,595 | $178,200 |
| 57 | Haskell County | $776 | $1,433 | $154,800 |
| 58 | Hamilton County | $778 | $1,167 | $119,700 |
| 59 | Cowley County | $779 | $1,112 | $111,600 |
| 60 | Bourbon County | $784 | $1,078 | $107,600 |
| 61 | Anderson County | $792 | $1,389 | $147,900 |
| 62 | Logan County | $796 | $1,166 | $116,600 |
| 63 | Lyon County | $796 | $1,352 | $142,200 |
| 64 | Meade County | $799 | $1,181 | $122,000 |
| 65 | Cherokee County | $801 | $975 | $99,400 |
| 66 | Doniphan County | $801 | $1,138 | $121,200 |
| 67 | Pawnee County | $806 | $1,046 | $102,400 |
| 68 | Kingman County | $807 | $1,087 | $107,400 |
| 69 | Dickinson County | $809 | $1,382 | $148,500 |
| 70 | Osage County | $810 | $1,357 | $142,800 |
| 71 | Pratt County | $810 | $1,143 | $114,500 |
| 72 | Rawlins County | $823 | $1,011 | $99,400 |
| 73 | Sumner County | $829 | $1,172 | $118,700 |
| 74 | Gray County | $833 | $1,587 | $174,700 |
| 75 | Crawford County | $837 | $1,143 | $122,400 |
| 76 | Coffey County | $842 | $1,279 | $139,500 |
| 77 | Jefferson County | $844 | $1,772 | $200,800 |
| 78 | Sherman County | $852 | $1,220 | $126,300 |
| 79 | Jackson County | $856 | $1,702 | $193,600 |
| 80 | Reno County | $857 | $1,228 | $125,000 |
| 81 | Scott County | $861 | $1,568 | $170,100 |
| 82 | McPherson County | $889 | $1,774 | $198,400 |
| 83 | Harvey County | $891 | $1,582 | $173,300 |
| 84 | Ellis County | $899 | $1,843 | $211,100 |
| 85 | Hodgeman County | $900 | $964 | $92,700 |
| 86 | Clay County | $911 | $1,384 | $149,600 |
| 87 | Greeley County | $915 | $1,111 | $108,900 |
| 88 | Saline County | $915 | $1,553 | $171,900 |
| 89 | Seward County | $924 | $1,295 | $134,000 |
| 90 | Stevens County | $930 | $1,229 | $124,500 |
| 91 | Franklin County | $949 | $1,696 | $187,400 |
| 92 | Ford County | $960 | $1,281 | $132,700 |
| 93 | Shawnee County | $970 | $1,561 | $170,400 |
| 94 | Sedgwick County | $977 | $1,685 | $190,700 |
| 95 | Butler County | $984 | $1,793 | $199,600 |
| 96 | Finney County | $991 | $1,720 | $191,100 |
| 97 | Pottawatomie County | $1,011 | $1,914 | $223,000 |
| 98 | Riley County | $1,065 | $2,040 | $231,200 |
| 99 | Douglas County | $1,066 | $2,396 | $281,600 |
| 100 | Wyandotte County | $1,070 | $1,420 | $152,700 |
| 101 | Miami County | $1,101 | $2,362 | $277,700 |
| 102 | Geary County | $1,119 | $1,528 | $165,000 |
| 103 | Kearny County | $1,137 | $1,387 | $152,500 |
| 104 | Leavenworth County | $1,138 | $2,223 | $260,600 |
| 105 | Johnson County | $1,385 | $3,026 | $366,000 |
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.
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Lowest Rents across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Kansas