The story of this market
The typical home in McPherson County, Kansas sells for about $274,234, or $104 per square foot.
Prices are up +21.9% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 35 days to sell. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 92% since 2000. Last year 4 of 7 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. The biggest natural hazard here is winter weather, which FEMA rates very high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,029 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,029 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Moderate.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
0%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2022 (+8.1%). Worst: 2008 (-1.1%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+4.2%
KS · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$1,317
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
0%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 7 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
76
Relatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $20,088,348.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
85.1%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 607 | 394 | 85.1% | 3.7% | $135,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
McPherson County, Kansas
McPherson County's housing market shows significant price appreciation over the last year, with a median sale price of $274,234. Despite the low volume of closed sales, the market remains active with 458 listings. The growth in median price suggests a tightening supply relative to demand in the county.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved up 21.9% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 35 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 0% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 3.1% · poverty 9.5% — a stable, low-distress profile.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
No researched ZIP reports yet — ZIP discovery runs with the county's first refresh, and each ZIP's intel report appears here once its research lands.
- McPherson Water Park4.34.6 mi
- Kansas State Fairgrounds4.520.8 mi
- Hutchinson Sports Arena4.621 mi
- Dyck Arboretum of the Plains4.819.3 mi
- B&B Hutchinson Mall 84.420.2 mi
- Metropolitan Coffee4.720.3 mi
- Harvey County West Park4.517.7 mi
- The Alley Hutchinson4.319.9 mi
- Dyck Arboretum of the Plains4.819.3 mi
- Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum4.717.3 mi
- Kansas Motorcycle Museum4.918 mi
- Cosmosphere4.821.2 mi
- Strataca, Kansas Underground Salt Museum4.821 mi
- Metropolitan Coffee4.720.3 mi
- Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum4.717.3 mi
- Kansas Motorcycle Museum4.918 mi
- Sand Hills State Park4.316.4 mi
- Harvey County West Park4.517.7 mi
- Dillon Nature Center4.718.5 mi
- Dyck Arboretum of the Plains4.819.3 mi
- Rivers Banks Orchard Park4.817.8 mi
- Hesston Golf Course4.619.7 mi
- Crazy Horse Sports Club And Golf Course4.517.1 mi
- Dillons Marketplace4.519 mi
- Dillons4.24.9 mi
- The Ark Antiques and Flea Market4.83.9 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Data sourced from Census Reporter and US Census Bureau QuickFacts.
applies when — Property located within a designated reinvestment housing incentive district
Property may be subject to acquisition by the city or county for development purposes (excluding eminent domain) and specific relocation assistance requirements for tenants.
K.S.A. 12-5247
Requires a judicial process for the foreclosure and sale of real estate by the county when property taxes remain unpaid.
K.S.A. Chapter 79, Article 28
applies when — Property subject to a special assessment or fee pursuant to K.S.A. 12-6a01 et seq. or located in an improvement district
Seller must disclose the existence of the special assessment or fee to the buyer in writing prior to or as part of the sales contract and obtain written acknowledgment from the buyer.
K.S.A. 12-6a20
Annual tax bill calculated as: (Appraised Fair Market Value * 11.5% Assessment Rate) * (Mill Levy / 1,000). The mill levy is the combined tax rate set by local taxing jurisdictions.
Kansas Constitution Article 11, Section 1; K.S.A. 79-1439
Governance registry — every jurisdiction re-researches on a rolling 90-day cycle. Property reports compose these inherited burdens into a per-parcel ledger with conditional determinations. Informational only — not legal advice.