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State data • Updated March 2026

Kansas rent: top & bottom cities

Median ZORI rent across Kansas cities, statewide macro overlay, plus the most-expensive and most-affordable cities side by side. Live from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse.

Kansas at a glance

$1,403Median city rent (ZORI)
3.9%Unemployment
478Permits / month
19Cities w/ rent data

Unemployment from FRED state series. Permits from Census BPS. Median = median across all Kansas cities with current ZORI data. See methodology.

Most expensive & most affordable

Top 10 by rent

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Spring Hill $2,314
Lansing $2,200
Prairie Village $2,173 +7.3%
Fairway $2,118
Roeland Park $1,894
Olathe $1,842 +4.0%
Leawood $1,834 +1.4%
Shawnee $1,753 +0.9%
Bel Aire $1,745
Overland Park $1,716 +2.2%

Top 10 most affordable (pop ≥ 50k)

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Manhattan $1,121 +5.6%
Wichita $1,139 +4.4%
Topeka $1,199 +4.5%
Kansas City $1,340 +2.6%
Lawrence $1,403 +7.7%
Lenexa $1,614 +1.8%
Overland Park $1,716 +2.2%
Shawnee $1,753 +0.9%
Olathe $1,842 +4.0%

Top 5 cities — overlaid rent trajectory

ZORI rent index — top 5 Kansas cities

Monthly Zillow ZORI rent index. Data updates monthly. Source: methodology.

Compare cities in Kansas

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