Home values, rents and more in Ellis County, KS
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Ellis County, KS compares
The typical home in Ellis County, KS is worth about $243,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Ellis County, KS are about the same as the typical value in the Hays metro area ($243,000) and 34% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Ellis County, KS rose 3.1%, compared with +3.1% in the Hays metro area and +1.2% nationally.
The median household income is $63,084, against $63,084 in the Hays metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 29,075 people live in Ellis County, KS (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Ellis County, KS has the 13th-highest typical home value of the 105 counties in Kansas with Zillow figures.
Part of: Hays 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.