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The median home value in Topeka, KS is $198,385 as of 2026-07-31, down 0.08% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$198,385
Year-over-Year
-0.08%
Population
125,156
Topeka ranks #32 of 52 Kansas cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 15.1% below the state's city median of $233,732. It sits in Shawnee County, where the county-wide median is $208,781.
Median household income in Topeka is $56,956, so the typical home value is about 3.5× 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).
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).
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 Topeka, that value is $198,385. That's down 0.08% from a year earlier. It is about 15.1% below the typical Kansas city tracked here.
Homes in Topeka are cheaper than Shawnee County as a whole, where the median is $208,781 — a difference of about 5.0%.
Median household income here is $56,956, so the typical home value is about 3.5× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
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.