Atchison, Kansas.
Typical home $172,842 (+6.6% in a year). Atchison, KS metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$559 (+160%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $10,707 +7%
- $162,135$172,842 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $48,309 +39%
- $124,533$172,842 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.
- Atchison$907
- 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 Atchison, KS rose 6.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas
Atchison is a city of 10,885 people in Atchison County. Half its households earn more than $54,474 a year and half less, against $61,112 across Atchison County; 16% of its people live below the poverty line. 60% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 40% are rented. Unemployment in Atchison County was 4.5% in August 2026, and the county had 2.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Atchison is a small Kansas city with a young population for its size; the typical resident is younger than in many towns of this kind. Incomes run below the county's, and more people live below the poverty line than most would expect to find in a town this size. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and a typical home costs less than the national average. Winters are cold, with a fair amount of snow, and summers turn quite hot.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by restaurants, hotels and entertainment, shops, and manufacturing. Among the largest workplaces in Atchison are Benedictine College, Walmart and MGP Ingredients. Most people get to work in a short drive, and a small share work from home.
Things to do. Lewis and Clark State Park and Bean Lake are both a short drive away, for time outdoors by the water and in a protected area. In or beside town, the International Forest of Friendship is a botanical garden, and the Atchison County Historical Museum offers a look at the area's past.
Report a mistake
- 3,482households
- 27%of adults have a degree
- 16%below the poverty line
- 18 mintypical commute
- 9%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Atchison County had 5,677 jobs in 2025, 2.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 36° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 69°. About 17 inches of snow and 36 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Atchison weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Atchison
- Benedictine CollegeUniversity or college410
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters271
- MGP IngredientsDistilleries160
- Atchison Valley HopeDrug addiction rehabilitation hospitals89
- Atchison Senior Village Rehabilitation and Nursing CenterSkilled nursing facilities70
- Medicalodges AtchisonSkilled nursing facilities56
- Dooley CenterNursing homes51
- Atchison Tubular ManufacturingTube made from purchased iron or steel43
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 9 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 788 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24). 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
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- HailRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Atchison’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Atchison County and the Atchison, KS metro.
Atchison home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Atchison$172,842
- Kansas$246,055
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Atchison listings — the market is cooling.
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.
- Atchison24.16%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Atchison52
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Atchison12
Zip codes with a Atchison address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Atchison — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.