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Kansas.

42nd most expensive state. Typical home $246,055 (+3.5% in a year), estimated payment $1,356 a month. As of Sep 2026.

What it costs per month · Kansas $1,291/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$717 (+125%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $8,277 +3%
$237,778$246,055 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $56,761 +30%
$189,294$246,055 since Sep 2021
10 years
Up $112,399 +84%
$133,656$246,055 since Sep 2016

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.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Kansas $1,291 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • Kansas$1,291
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.

Typical home values in Kansas rose 3.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Buying the typical Kansas home now takes 22% of the median household income ($74,275/yr, ACS 2020–2024) — the standard affordability line is 30%.

Share of median income needed to buy

Monthly payment for the typical home against the local median household income. Income is an annual survey, stepped — the saw-teeth are survey years, not markets.

10% 20% 30% 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Kansas 20.87% United States 28.57%
10% 20% 30% 2014 2020 2026
  • Kansas20.87%
  • United States28.57%

Kansas home values

Zillow Home Value Index against the national figure. Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Kansas $246,055 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • Kansas$246,055
  • United States$366,157

Metros in Kansas

Metros Counties Cities

Largest first, by population. Zillow publishes rent for fewer metros than home values, so a dash means no series — not a market at zero.

# Metro Rent 1-yr Δ Home value 1-yr Δ
1 Lawrence $1,563 +4.6% $335,609 +3.4%
2 Manhattan $1,262 +3.6% $268,008 +3.1%
3 Ottawa — — $261,459 +7.1%
4 Hays — — $243,356 +3.1%
5 Garden City $1,034 — $229,038 -1.7%
6 Wichita $1,206 +4.4% $222,219 +2.9%
7 McPherson $1,179 — $220,548 +2.3%
8 Topeka $1,250 +4.2% $216,883 +1.2%
9 Dodge City — — $206,809 -3.2%
10 Emporia $718 -1.8% $190,586 +3.4%
11 Atchison — — $185,809 +7.3%
12 Salina $1,066 +4.9% $179,370 +4.9%
13 Hutchinson $827 +4.6% $155,264 +6.2%
14 Liberal $1,000 — $147,222 +1.7%
15 Pittsburg $904 +4.9% $137,283 -0.2%
16 Great Bend $798 +11.4% $120,068 +8.6%
17 Coffeyville $812 — $102,034 +7.9%
18 Parsons — — $96,217 +2.0%
19 Winfield $908 — — —

Go deeper: every zip in Kansas.