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Median Home Price in Atchison, KS

The median home value in Atchison, KS is $176,308 as of 2026-07-31, up 7.55% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$176,308

Year-over-Year

+7.55%

Population

10,604

Atchison ranks #38 of 52 Kansas cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 24.6% below the state's city median of $233,732. It sits in Atchison County, where the county-wide median is $189,405.

Housing affordability in Atchison

Median household income in Atchison is $54,474, so the typical home value is about 3.2× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.

Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).

Crime in Atchison

Atchison police recorded a violent crime rate of 151 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,330 per 100,000.

Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).

Common questions about Atchison

What is the average home price in Atchison, KS?

People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Atchison, that value is $176,308. That's up 7.55% from a year earlier. It is about 24.6% below the typical Kansas city tracked here.

Is Atchison expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Atchison are cheaper than Atchison County as a whole, where the median is $189,405 — a difference of about 6.9%.

Is Atchison affordable?

Median household income here is $54,474, so the typical home value is about 3.2× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Atchison a safe place to live?

Atchison police reported 151 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 10,604. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.

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