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Home values, rents and more in Reading, KS

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$293,000
Metro: $191,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+7.4%
Metro: +3.4% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
198
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$68,125
Metro: $59,354 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Reading, KS, shaded by typical home valueReading
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ZIP codes around Reading, KS, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Reading is outlined.

How Reading compares

The typical home in Reading, KS is worth about $293,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Reading are 1.5 times the typical value in the Emporia metro area ($191,000) and 20% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Reading rose 7.4%, compared with +3.4% in the Emporia metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $68,125, against $59,354 in the Emporia metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 198 people live in Reading (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Reading has the 2nd-highest typical home value of the 8 cities in the Emporia metro area and the 69th-highest of 438 in Kansas with Zillow figures.

Part of: Lyon County, KS · Emporia metro area · Kansas

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Sources

Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.

"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.

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