Townhomes for Sale in Columbus, KS

Columbus is a small city with a rich agricultural history in the southeast corner of Kansas. “People here can live more rural lives and still be close to amenities,” says Shelly Hildebrandt, a Realtor with Cobb Realty who has sold a handful of homes in the area. “Columbus is about 20 or 25 minutes from Joplin, a larger metropolitan area where Columbus residents can go for shopping without feeling like they’re in a crowded city.” Just under 3,000 people call the city home, many of them working in agribusiness, construction and health care. Farming has long played a central role in the city’s economy. “Columbus has a huge farmers’ co-op where they have a lot of grain-handling facilities,” Hildebrandt says. Columbus’ grid-patterned streets are home to a mixture of homes built throughout the 20th century, plus a few homes that date to the 1870s. Small cottages, most built in the first few decades of the 20th century, sell for $40,000 to $160,000. Larger, newer ranch-style homes from the 1970s to 2010s go for $160,000 to $420,000. “Columbus isn’t growing too fast, but there’s been a little bit of new homebuilding,” Hildebrandt says. Newer homes tend to be located in the outskirts,