A Beautiful Place to Call Home

The Greater Wichita region provides one of the most powerful recruiting and retention advantages — our low cost of living and, more specifically, the area’s wide array of affordable housing options. From new housing and historic homes to country living and urban lofts, the choices are as varied as the individual.

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Wichita is the eighth-best city for first time homebuyers. One good sign for first-time homebuyers in this city is that it has one of the highest loan funding rates. Over 82% of conventional mortgage applications here are funded. For that metric, Wichita ranks second.

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Purchasing a home in Wichita is 31% cheaper than the national median price — The median selling price of existing (previously owned) single-family homes in the Wichita metro area was $156,800 in the Fourth Quarter 2019 survey by the National Association of Realtors. Wichita ranked 35^th of 179 reporting metro areas; and $118,100, or 43 percent, below the national median price of $274,900. (ACCRA Cost-of-Living Survey)
Newly built home prices in Wichita are 30% below national average — The Fourth Quarter 2019 average sale price of newly built single-family homes in the Wichita metro area was $257,033. That is $109,025, or 30 percent, below the corresponding national figure of $366,058 (ACCRA Cost-of-Living Survey)
Apartment rent is nearly 35% lower in Wichita than the national average — Average two-bedroom apartment monthly rent was $754 in the Fourth Quarter 2019 ACCRA Survey. That is $401, or 34.8 percent, lower than the national figure of $1,155. (ACCRA Cost-of-Living Survey)
Wichita ranked most affordable city in the nation for renters — With rental costs increasing by 89 percent in the nation’s top 250 cities, Wichita is the most affordable city in the nation for renters with an average rent of $632 per month. (RentCafe)

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Existing Single-Family Home Median Sales Price

City	Price

Wichita, KS	$156,800
Oklahoma City, OK	$158,600
Tulsa, OK	$174,300
St. Louis, MO/IL	$184,800
Omaha/Council Bluffs, NE/IA	$199,000
Des Moines/West Des Moines, IA	$208,700
Kansas City, MO/KS	$215,600
Albuquerque, NM	$228,400
Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington, TX	$268,600
National	$274,900
Colorado Springs	$322,200
Denver/Aurora/Lakewood, CO	$458,000
Los Angeles/Long Beach/Glendale, CA	$617,300
Source: National Association of Realtors (Fourth Quarter 2019)

Two-Bedroom Apartment Average Monthly Rent for Urban Areas

City	Rent

Tulsa, OK	$679
Wichita, KS	$754
Oklahoma City, OK	$850
St. Louis, MO/IL	$865
Omaha, NE	$1,042
Kansas City, MO/KS	$1,141
National	$1,155
Colorado Springs, CO	$1,310
Dallas, TX	$1,318
Denver, CO	$1,588
Orange County, CA	$2,271
Seattle, WA	$2,650
Source: C2ER Cost-of-Living Survey (Annual Average 2019) for unfurnished, 950-square-foot space, 1 ½ or 2 baths, stove, refrigerator, water/sewer included in the price of rent.

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