Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year
Most Expensive Counties to Own a Home Outright in Kansas
The counties where a paid-off house still costs the most to keep. For retirees on a fixed income this figure matters more than the purchase price, because it never goes away and it rises with assessments.
Where does yours land?
Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.
Kansas ranked
| # | County | Monthly if paid off | Median home | Effective rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnson County | $1,072 | $366,000 | 1.153% |
| 2 | Douglas County | $893 | $281,600 | 1.246% |
| 3 | Miami County | $879 | $277,700 | 1.227% |
| 4 | Leavenworth County | $832 | $260,600 | 1.203% |
| 5 | Riley County | $806 | $231,200 | 1.435% |
| 6 | Butler County | $728 | $199,600 | 1.462% |
| 7 | Pottawatomie County | $724 | $223,000 | 1.110% |
| 8 | Ellis County | $716 | $211,100 | 1.223% |
| 9 | McPherson County | $714 | $198,400 | 1.401% |
| 10 | Finney County | $700 | $191,100 | 1.430% |
| 11 | Jefferson County | $700 | $200,800 | 1.276% |
| 12 | Franklin County | $695 | $187,400 | 1.461% |
| 13 | Jackson County | $668 | $193,600 | 1.190% |
| 14 | Sedgwick County | $667 | $190,700 | 1.230% |
| 15 | Scott County | $660 | $170,100 | 1.532% |
| 16 | Harvey County | $657 | $173,300 | 1.452% |
| 17 | Ottawa County | $655 | $164,100 | 1.615% |
| 18 | Gray County | $654 | $174,700 | 1.409% |
| 19 | Shawnee County | $651 | $170,400 | 1.467% |
| 20 | Geary County | $647 | $165,000 | 1.538% |
| 21 | Wabaunsee County | $643 | $178,200 | 1.274% |
| 22 | Nemaha County | $639 | $196,100 | 0.978% |
| 23 | Saline County | $636 | $171,900 | 1.328% |
| 24 | Thomas County | $619 | $165,900 | 1.321% |
| 25 | Sheridan County | $611 | $152,000 | 1.534% |
| 26 | Haskell County | $607 | $154,800 | 1.438% |
| 27 | Wyandotte County | $605 | $152,700 | 1.467% |
| 28 | Anderson County | $600 | $147,900 | 1.528% |
| 29 | Osage County | $594 | $142,800 | 1.598% |
| 30 | Lyon County | $593 | $142,200 | 1.598% |
| 31 | Dickinson County | $589 | $148,500 | 1.430% |
| 32 | Clay County | $585 | $149,600 | 1.378% |
| 33 | Linn County | $585 | $164,500 | 1.094% |
| 34 | Seward County | $580 | $134,000 | 1.684% |
| 35 | Kearny County | $573 | $152,500 | 1.224% |
| 36 | Atchison County | $573 | $147,900 | 1.312% |
| 37 | Ford County | $572 | $132,700 | 1.650% |
| 38 | Grant County | $568 | $146,200 | 1.307% |
| 39 | Kiowa County | $565 | $152,400 | 1.159% |
| 40 | Stevens County | $565 | $124,500 | 1.798% |
| 41 | Reno County | $561 | $125,000 | 1.744% |
| 42 | Sherman County | $546 | $126,300 | 1.572% |
| 43 | Logan County | $543 | $116,600 | 1.816% |
| 44 | Sumner County | $539 | $118,700 | 1.705% |
| 45 | Coffey County | $534 | $139,500 | 1.160% |
| 46 | Pratt County | $532 | $114,500 | 1.763% |
| 47 | Mitchell County | $531 | $109,600 | 1.901% |
| 48 | Barton County | $530 | $117,200 | 1.662% |
| 49 | Meade County | $529 | $122,000 | 1.523% |
| 50 | Greeley County | $529 | $108,900 | 1.910% |
| 51 | Morris County | $529 | $120,900 | 1.547% |
| 52 | Marion County | $528 | $114,400 | 1.726% |
| 53 | Hamilton County | $528 | $119,700 | 1.571% |
| 54 | Cowley County | $516 | $111,600 | 1.683% |
| 55 | Ellsworth County | $514 | $116,300 | 1.518% |
| 56 | Kingman County | $514 | $107,400 | 1.784% |
| 57 | Lane County | $513 | $119,000 | 1.435% |
| 58 | Cheyenne County | $510 | $119,300 | 1.402% |
| 59 | Russell County | $508 | $106,400 | 1.751% |
| 60 | Trego County | $505 | $115,400 | 1.456% |
| 61 | Bourbon County | $504 | $107,600 | 1.670% |
| 62 | Gove County | $502 | $119,000 | 1.329% |
| 63 | Morton County | $500 | $95,600 | 2.042% |
| 64 | Pawnee County | $499 | $102,400 | 1.789% |
| 65 | Marshall County | $498 | $119,500 | 1.279% |
| 66 | Chase County | $493 | $106,200 | 1.595% |
| 67 | Doniphan County | $491 | $121,200 | 1.160% |
| 68 | Crawford County | $490 | $122,400 | 1.123% |
| 69 | Rice County | $488 | $105,500 | 1.551% |
| 70 | Norton County | $484 | $106,300 | 1.491% |
| 71 | Allen County | $482 | $100,400 | 1.652% |
| 72 | Cloud County | $482 | $96,300 | 1.788% |
| 73 | Washington County | $481 | $106,100 | 1.462% |
| 74 | Rawlins County | $480 | $99,400 | 1.661% |
| 75 | Brown County | $475 | $111,100 | 1.248% |
| 76 | Neosho County | $470 | $101,200 | 1.483% |
| 77 | Phillips County | $470 | $94,700 | 1.697% |
| 78 | Hodgeman County | $470 | $92,700 | 1.767% |
| 79 | Stafford County | $464 | $96,700 | 1.556% |
| 80 | Ness County | $463 | $85,400 | 1.965% |
| 81 | Montgomery County | $462 | $92,100 | 1.696% |
| 82 | Wichita County | $462 | $98,700 | 1.468% |
| 83 | Rooks County | $462 | $90,000 | 1.770% |
| 84 | Barber County | $462 | $92,700 | 1.663% |
| 85 | Labette County | $457 | $92,100 | 1.628% |
| 86 | Smith County | $456 | $91,000 | 1.652% |
| 87 | Wallace County | $456 | $94,200 | 1.538% |
| 88 | Graham County | $456 | $88,800 | 1.732% |
| 89 | Lincoln County | $452 | $92,600 | 1.546% |
| 90 | Clark County | $447 | $78,400 | 2.054% |
| 91 | Cherokee County | $444 | $99,400 | 1.226% |
| 92 | Wilson County | $443 | $93,900 | 1.378% |
| 93 | Rush County | $439 | $79,300 | 1.897% |
| 94 | Osborne County | $436 | $84,700 | 1.612% |
| 95 | Greenwood County | $432 | $82,600 | 1.646% |
| 96 | Decatur County | $430 | $78,500 | 1.794% |
| 97 | Woodson County | $427 | $77,100 | 1.811% |
| 98 | Harper County | $426 | $77,300 | 1.784% |
| 99 | Stanton County | $425 | $64,200 | 2.470% |
| 100 | Republic County | $417 | $76,000 | 1.697% |
| 101 | Comanche County | $401 | $59,900 | 2.285% |
| 102 | Edwards County | $395 | $70,500 | 1.593% |
| 103 | Jewell County | $392 | $62,100 | 1.968% |
| 104 | Elk County | $389 | $60,900 | 1.989% |
| 105 | Chautauqua County | $376 | $63,300 | 1.599% |
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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Most Expensive Counties to Own a Home Outright across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Kansas