Home values, rents and more in Riley County, KS
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Riley County, KS compares
The typical home in Riley County, KS is worth about $274,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Riley County, KS are about the same as the typical value in the Manhattan metro area ($268,000) and 25% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Riley County, KS rose 4.8%, compared with +3.1% in the Manhattan metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,296 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Manhattan metro area ($1,262) and 33% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 4.9% over the past year.
The median household income is $61,098, against $65,469 in the Manhattan metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 72,598 people live in Riley County, KS (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Riley County, KS has the 2nd-highest typical home value of the 3 counties in the Manhattan metro area and the 7th-highest of 105 in Kansas with Zillow figures.
Part of: Manhattan 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.