What is the median rent in Kingman, KS?

Name: Median rent in Kingman, KS, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Kingman, KS is $833 (±$97) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 629 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Kingman, the median gross rent went from $751 in 2015–2019 to $833 in 2020–2024 (+10.9%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $833 (±$97)
Rented homes: 629 (±175)
$2,000 or more: 0.0%
Since 2015–2019: +10.9%

How much rent costs in Kingman

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Kingman	Kingman County	Kansas	United States
Less than $500	7.3% (±5.6 points)	11.4%	7.0%	6.3%
$500 to $999	66.3% (±14.2 points)	57.1%	37.8%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	23.8% (±13.1 points)	29.8%	35.8%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	2.5% (±3.8 points)	1.7%	12.6%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±4.7 points)	0.0%	4.4%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±4.7 points)	0.0%	0.9%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±4.7 points)	0.0%	1.4%	6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 66.3% of renting households.

0.0% of rented homes in Kingman cost $2,000 or more a month.

Kingman against Kingman County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Kingman	Kingman County	Kansas	United States
Median gross rent	$833 (±$97)	$846 (±$60)	$1,060 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	629 (±175)	933 (±186)	364,970 (±3,667)	42,849,984

In Kingman, median gross rent is not measurably different from Kingman County ($846).

It is also lower than in Kansas ($1,060).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

In Kingman County, Kingman ranks 3 of 7 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 373 of 823.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Kingman has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$751 (±$145)	$833 (±$97)	+10.9%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	27.4% (±7.0 points)	44.1% (±9.7 points)	+16.7 percentage points	Measurable increase
Rental vacancy rate	27.5% (±14.8 points)	8.1% (±9.0 points)	−19.4 percentage points	Measurable decrease

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent across Kingman County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Peters Township	$860 (±$99)
2	Bennett Township	$843 (±$167)
3	Kingman	$833 (±$97)
4	Norwich	$825 (±$416)
5	Cunningham	$717 (±$677)
6 (tie)	Nashville	$495 (±$385)
6 (tie)	Liberty Township (Kingman County)	$495 (±$385)

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Kingman

What is the average rent in Kingman, KS?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Kingman is $833 (±$97) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Kingman?

In Kingman, the median gross rent went from $751 in 2015–2019 to $833 in 2020–2024 (+10.9%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

How many rentals in Kingman cost more than $2,000 a month?

0.0% of rented homes in Kingman have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 7.3% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Kingman higher than in Kingman County?

In Kingman, median gross rent is not measurably different from Kingman County ($846).

It is also lower than in Kansas ($1,060).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Kingman city, Kansas (place:36950, in state:20).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.