Home values, rents and more in the Topeka metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Topeka metro compares
The typical home in the Topeka metro area is worth about $217,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Topeka metro are 12% below the typical value in Kansas ($246,000) and 41% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Topeka metro rose 1.2%, compared with +3.5% in Kansas and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,250 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 9% below Kansas ($1,375) and 35% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 4.4% over the past year.
The median household income is $69,888, against $74,275 in Kansas and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 233,052 people live in the Topeka metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Topeka metro has the 314th-lowest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 8th-highest of 17 in Kansas with Zillow figures.
Part of: Kansas
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Topeka metro
Cities in the Topeka metro
- Topeka, KS $195,000
- Holton, KS $230,000
- Osage City, KS $195,000
- Silver Lake, KS $283,000
- Valley Falls, KS $267,000
- Carbondale, KS $204,000
- Auburn, KS $284,000
- Overbrook, KS $274,000
- Oskaloosa, KS $317,000
- Rossville, KS $233,000
- Perry, KS $297,000
- Alma, KS $180,000
- Burlingame, KS $185,000
- Lyndon, KS $216,000
- Hoyt, KS $294,000
- Scranton, KS $223,000
- McLouth, KS $360,000
- Vassar, KS $229,000
- Maple Hill, KS $300,000
- Meriden, KS $310,000
- Nortonville, KS $216,000
- Ozawkie, KS $259,000
- Tecumseh, KS $298,000
- Alta Vista, KS $158,000
- Eskridge, KS $176,000
- Winchester, KS $266,000
- Quenemo, KS $181,000
- Melvern, KS $213,000
- Mayetta, KS $307,000
- Denison, KS $166,000
- Wakarusa, KS $313,000
- Circleville, KS $236,000
- Delia, KS $258,000
- Paxico, KS $250,000
- Netawaka, KS $223,000
- Harveyville, KS $226,000
- Grantville, KS $280,000
- Soldier, KS $276,000
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.