The story of this market
The typical home in Topeka, Kansas sells for about $174,000.
Prices are up +73.6% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 39 days to sell. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $979 a month.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+4.2%
KS · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Topeka, Kansas
The Topeka housing market is currently experiencing high competition with significant year-over-year price appreciation. While inventory remains tight, the market is characterized by rapid turnover of available listings. Note that specific city-level metrics for household income and tax rates are not currently published in the provided datasets.
No ARED county foreclosure postings attributed to Topeka yet — the verified ledger covers every county the foreclosure ingest has read, attributed by published city area. Key-figure check: median price diverges 20.1% from the nearest retained anchor (published ten-year series (2025)) — beyond the 12.5% tolerance; an automated validation case is open and the value publishes pending its verdict.
Deterministic aggregate of 30 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
Median prices moved sideways 0.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 37 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
3% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 20.47% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) — a stable, low-distress profile.
- West Ridge Lanes Family Fun4.24.6 mi
- Sky Zone Trampoline Park4.35 mi
- Bonkers Topeka4.14.1 mi
- Prairie Band Casino & Resort4.219 mi
- Allen Fieldhouse4.923.6 mi
- Stormont Vail Events Center4.31.1 mi
- David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium4.423.7 mi
- Lied Center of Kansas4.723 mi
- Topeka Zoo4.32.8 mi
- Kansas State Capitol Visitor Center4.70.2 mi
- The Pennant4.40 mi
- Lake Shawnee4.74.1 mi
- B&B Theatres Topeka Wheatfield 94.54.4 mi
- Kansas State Capitol Visitor Center4.70.2 mi
- Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park4.80.7 mi
- Kansas Children's Discovery Center4.83.1 mi
- Combat Air Museum4.87.3 mi
- KU Natural History Museum4.724 mi
- Lake Shawnee4.74.1 mi
- Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park4.80.7 mi
- Gage Park4.62.9 mi
- Ted Ensley Gardens4.83.9 mi
- Perry State Park4.512 mi
- Lake Perry Yacht & Marina4.615 mi
- Clinton Marina, Inc.4.719.1 mi
- Rock Creek Marina & Resort- Boat Rentals & Cabins4.512.8 mi
- West Ridge Mall3.65 mi
- Hy-Vee Grocery Store4.45.3 mi
- Ross Dress for Less4.24.7 mi
- Dillons4.24 mi
- T.J. Maxx4.34.8 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
The amenity base that shapes daily life and property demand in this city — what residents actually live with, and what the pipeline is adding.
The historic seat of Kansas government and a major architectural landmark in downtown Topeka.
A large municipal park featuring the Topeka Zoo and extensive recreational facilities.
A significant recreational lake offering boating, fishing, and park amenities for residents.
Topeka serves as the state capital, with government administration and public services acting as primary economic anchors.
Composed from the ARED governance burden registry — tier-native tax structure (state + county + city + special districts), never averaged. State (Kansas) — Kansas Residential Property Tax: Annual tax bill calculated as: (Appraised Fair Market Value * 11.5% Assessment Rate) * (Mill Levy / 1,000). The mill levy is the combined tax rate set by local taxing jurisdictions.
Data retrieved from U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts.
The federal school roster could not be retrieved on the last refresh — no list is shown rather than an unverified one. Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2023-24.