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The median home value in Barton County, KS is $121,936 as of 2026-07-31, up 10.93% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$121,936
Year-over-Year
+10.93%
National Rank
#2835 of 3071
Barton County ranks 74th out of 105 counties in KS by median home price, and is -48.0% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within KS, the typical county has a median home value of $152,866, making Barton County -20.2% below the KS state median.
Households here earn a median of $58,851 a year against a typical home value of $121,936 — a price-to-income ratio of 2.1×, comfortably below the 3× income level generally considered manageable. That is less affordable than roughly 5% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Barton County recorded a violent crime rate of 264 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the national range. Property crime runs at 1,345 per 100,000.
Based on 3 reporting cities covering 17,396 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Barton County is $121,936. That's up 10.93% from a year earlier. That is about 48.0% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Barton County the 74th most expensive of 105 counties in Kansas.
Median household income here is $58,851, so a typical home costs about 2.1× annual household earnings — relatively affordable compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Barton County recorded 264 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 17,396 residents across 3 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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