Topeka, KS Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For
What homes actually sell for in Topeka: a median closing price of $185,000 across 838 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.
Topeka produces a steady stream of closings but little consensus: sales over the last six months span a range wide enough that the median is a midpoint between different markets, not a going rate. The distribution below matters more than the headline.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 838
- •Median sold price, last 6 months: $185,000
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $123
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $127,500 and $279,000
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 838 closed sales in Topeka over the last six months, with a median closing price of $185,000. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $127,500 and $279,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. 92% of the Topeka closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 827 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $97 and $145 per square foot.
Figures last updated September 6, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Topeka, KS (September 2026)
The median home price in Topeka is $185,000, measured across the 838 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $127,500 and $279,000.
Where Topeka sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Topeka over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $127,500 and $279,000. Among the 12 Kansas markets with a published band, Topeka's middle-half spread ($127,500 to $279,000) ranks 12th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median. Measured as the ratio of the upper to the lower quartile, its middle-half spread ranks in the 85th percentile of the 2,187 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of September 4, 2026.
How long a sale takes here
- •Listed to under contract: a median of 6 days, across 659 Topeka closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 30 days, across 671 Topeka closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
The Topeka angle
That band is wider than most markets we track, so quoting the citywide median for a specific address leaves a lot unsaid. Price from closed sales that resemble the subject, and treat any estimate leaning on the median alone as unfinished work.
From market read to offer price
A spread this wide means the citywide number cannot price a specific address; the step that matters is the property-level read. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.
And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale, so it cannot be revised once the sale price is known. Grading it is a different matter in Kansas: because sale prices are not public record here, a confirmed closing price reaches us for only a small share of Kansas homes, and most Kansas estimates stay frozen and ungraded. The accuracy scoreboard is therefore a national record rather than a Kansas one. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.
Run any Topeka address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.
Cite this
Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:
Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Topeka, KS
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 2071000
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 838
Median sold price: $185,000
Median sold $/sqft: $123 (827 qualifying)
Property mix: 92% houses
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Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Topeka over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Topeka?
The median sold price in Topeka over the last 6 months is $185,000, measured across 838 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in Topeka last month?
Resideline tracked 128 closed sales in Topeka in August 2026, out of 838 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.
What is the typical sale price range in Topeka?
The middle half of Topeka sales over the last six months closed between $127,500 and $279,000, with a median of $185,000.
What is the typical price per square foot in Topeka?
Among qualifying Topeka closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $123, measured across 827 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
Why do Topeka sale prices vary so much from home to home?
The middle half of tracked closings here covers a span wider than most markets we track, so large gaps between individual sale prices are ordinary rather than a sign something is wrong. A citywide median cannot capture that variation. Compare a property against closed sales that genuinely resemble it before concluding it is mispriced.