The median home value in Topeka, KS is $199,788 as of 2026-06-30, down 0.09% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$199,788
Year-over-Year
-0.09%
Population
125,156
Topeka ranks #32 of 52 Kansas cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 15.0% below the state's city median of $235,108. It sits in Shawnee County, where the county-wide median is $210,232.
Topeka police recorded a violent crime rate of 856 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 3,643 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 Topeka is $199,788. That's down 0.09% from a year earlier. That is about 15.0% below the typical county in Kansas.
Homes in Topeka are cheaper than Shawnee County as a whole, where the median is $210,232 — a difference of about 5.0%.
Topeka police reported 856 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 125,156. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.