The median home value in Wichita, KS is $208,245 as of 2026-06-30, up 3.16% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$208,245
Year-over-Year
+3.16%
Population
395,486
Wichita ranks #31 of 52 Kansas cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 11.4% below the state's city median of $235,108. It sits in Sedgwick County, where the county-wide median is $228,674.
Wichita police recorded a violent crime rate of 539 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,303 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 Wichita is $208,245. That's up 3.16% from a year earlier. That is about 11.4% below the typical county in Kansas.
Homes in Wichita are cheaper than Sedgwick County as a whole, where the median is $228,674 — a difference of about 8.9%.
Wichita police reported 539 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 395,486. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.