Garnett, Kansas.
Typical home $146,931 (+2.7% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$499 (+184%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $3,827 +3%
- $143,103$146,931 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $38,527 +36%
- $108,404$146,931 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Garnett$771
- Kansas$1,291
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.
Typical home values in Garnett, KS rose 2.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Garnett, Anderson County, Kansas
Garnett is a city of 3,242 people in Anderson County. Unemployment in Anderson County was 4.6% in August 2026, and the county had 1.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Anderson County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Garnett is a small city and the seat of Anderson County, Kansas, with a younger population than many small towns of its kind. Homes here cost less than in much of the country, and few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold, with some snow, and summers turn hot; rain and melted snow arrive at a moderate pace through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, the building trades and shops also employing a good number. Among the largest workplaces in Garnett are Anderson County Hospital, Garnett Schools and Parkview Heights Nursing & Rehab Center. Unemployment across Anderson County has risen a little over the past year, while the number of jobs in the county has edged up.
Things to do. For time outdoors, Limestone Creek is a river a longer drive away, and Prairie Spirit Trail State Park is a protected area, also a longer drive away. History-minded visitors can head to Mine Creek Battlefield State Historic Site, an archaeological site that is a longer drive from town.
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- 1,300households
- 12%of adults have a degree
- 6%below the poverty line
- 0%work from home
What people in Anderson County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Anderson County had 2,447 jobs in 2025, 1.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 40° and lows near 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 68°. About 13 inches of snow and 41 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Garnett East weather station, a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Garnett
- Anderson County HospitalCritical access hospital150FTE
- Garnett SchoolsSchool district137FTE
- Parkview Heights Nursing & Rehab CenterSkilled nursing facilities80
- East Kansas Agri-EnergyDenatured alcohol manufacturing41
- RpcsGrocery stores26
- GarnettMail and parcel delivery20
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 388 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- LightningVery high
- Strong windVery high
- Winter weatherVery high
- Ice stormsVery high
- TornadoesVery high
- HailRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Garnett’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Anderson County.
Garnett home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Garnett$146,931
- Kansas$246,055
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Garnett listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Garnett24.79%
- United States26.36%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Garnett19
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Garnett7
Zip codes with a Garnett address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Garnett — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.