Cost of Living in Newton
Newton's cost of living combines genuinely affordable housing with a notably high property tax rate this record discloses directly.
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Newton's median home sale price ran approximately $174,000, genuinely well below the national median (~$244,900).
A notably high property tax rate
Newton's effective property tax rate ran approximately 1.94% per Ownwell -- genuinely well above both Kansas's own statewide median (~1.40%-1.43%) and the national median (~1.02%).
Affordable rent, with a real disclosed spread
Average rent ran approximately $835/month per RentCafe, though the same source's own per-bedroom breakdown runs higher -- a real, disclosed methodological inconsistency.
Key takeaways
- Newton's median home price runs genuinely well below the national median.
- Newton's property tax rate (~1.94%) runs notably above both Kansas and national medians.
- Rent figures carry a real, disclosed cross-source spread.
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