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Home values, rents and more in Rice County, KS

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

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Typical home value
$117,000
Kansas: $246,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+8.6%
Kansas: +3.5% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
9,266
Census estimate, July 2025
Median household income
$63,925
Kansas: $74,275 · U.S.: $80,734
Counties around Rice County, KS, shaded by typical home valueRiceRenoMcPhersonBartonStaffordEllsworthSaline
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  • $120k–$160k
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Counties around Rice County, KS, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, counties). Rice County, KS is outlined.

How Rice County, KS compares

The typical home in Rice County, KS is worth about $117,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Rice County, KS are 52% below the typical value in Kansas ($246,000) and 68% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Rice County, KS rose 8.6%, compared with +3.5% in Kansas and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $63,925, against $74,275 in Kansas and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 9,266 people live in Rice County, KS (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).

Rice County, KS has the 29th-lowest typical home value of the 105 counties in Kansas with Zillow figures.

Part of: 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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