The median home value in Emporia, KS is $178,024 as of 2026-06-30, up 4.33% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$178,024
Year-over-Year
+4.33%
Population
24,109
Emporia ranks #37 of 52 Kansas cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 24.3% below the state's city median of $235,108. It sits in Lyon County, where the county-wide median is $195,483.
Emporia police recorded a violent crime rate of 369 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 2,302 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Emporia is $178,024. That's up 4.33% from a year earlier. That is about 24.3% below the typical county in Kansas.
Homes in Emporia are cheaper than Lyon County as a whole, where the median is $195,483 — a difference of about 8.9%.
Emporia police reported 369 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 24,109. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.