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The median home value in Rice County, KS is $120,839 as of 2026-07-31, up 10.69% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$120,839
Year-over-Year
+10.69%
National Rank
#2848 of 3071
Rice County ranks 76th out of 105 counties in KS by median home price, and is -48.4% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within KS, the typical county has a median home value of $152,866, making Rice County -21.0% below the KS state median.
Households here earn a median of $63,925 a year against a typical home value of $120,839 — a price-to-income ratio of 1.9×, comfortably below the 3× income level generally considered manageable. That is less affordable than roughly 3% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Rice County recorded a violent crime rate of 122 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 696 per 100,000.
Based on 2 reporting cities covering 5,751 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Rice County is $120,839. That's up 10.69% from a year earlier. That is about 48.4% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Rice County the 76th most expensive of 105 counties in Kansas.
Median household income here is $63,925, so a typical home costs about 1.9× annual household earnings — relatively affordable compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Rice County recorded 122 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 5,751 residents across 2 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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