2024 Compare Cities Housing:
Overland Park, KS vs Topeka, KS

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- The median age of a home in Overland Park is 63.6% younger than the median age of a home in Topeka.
 Overland Park, KSTopeka, KSUnited States
 Median Home Age335442
 Median Home Cost$413,800$169,700$338,100
 Home Appr. Last 12 months13.7%14.8%16.6%
 Home Appr. Last 5 yrs.54.4%52.4%57.0%
 Home Appr. Last 10 yrs.96.5%63.7%101.1%
 Property Tax Rate$11.3$16.7$11.0
 Homes Owned60.3%53.2%57.4%
 Housing Vacant4.2%9.7%11.2%
 Homes Rented35.5%37.2%31.4%
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 Avg Rent For Home Or Apartment
 Overland Park, KSTopeka, KSUnited States
 Average Rent$1,940$1,180$1,840
 Studio Apartment$1,140$710$1,080
 1 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,290$710$1,180
 2 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,500$940$1,430
 3 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,970$1,200$1,860
 4 Bedroom Home or Apartment$2,290$1,400$2,160
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 Vacant Housing
 Overland Park, KSTopeka, KSUnited States
 Vacant For Rent1.0%4.4%1.9%
 Vacant Rented0.6%0.4%0.4%
 Vacant For Sale0.5%0.6%0.7%
 Vacant Sold0.3%0.5%0.4%
 Vacant Vacation0.4%0.1%3.6%
 Vacant Other1.4%3.7%4.1%
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 Owner-Occupied Housing Value
 Overland Park, KSTopeka, KSUnited States
 Less Than $20,0001.0%5.1%2.6%
 $20,000 to $39,9990.6%5.9%2.4%
 $40,000 to $59,9990.2%9.3%2.8%
 $60,000 to $79,9990.4%13.8%3.9%
 $80,000 to $99,9990.8%12.8%4.5%
 $100,000 to $149,9996.2%22.6%11.3%
 $150,000 to $199,99910.5%14.9%13.0%
 $200,000 to $299,99926.7%11.8%20.1%
 $300,000 to $399,99924.6%2.3%13.6%
 $400,000 to $499,99912.8%1.0%8.3%
 $500,000 to $749,99911.9%0.5%9.7%
 $750,000 to $999,9992.4%0.1%3.9%
 $1,000,000 to $1,499,9991.6%0.0%2.2%
 $1,500,000 to $1,999,9990.2%0.0%0.8%
 $2,000,000 and over0.1%0.1%1.1%
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 Housing Units By Year Built
 Overland Park, KSTopeka, KSUnited States
 2015 and Newer0.2%0.1%0.2%
 2010 to 201412.4%6.7%13.6%
 2000 to 200912.4%6.7%13.6%
 1990 to 199921.7%10.1%13.6%
 1980 to 198918.8%11.0%13.2%
 1970 to 197911.1%15.8%14.8%
 1960 to 196921.7%10.1%13.6%
 1950 to 19597.7%15.6%10.0%
 1940 to 19491.3%6.4%4.7%
 1939 or Earlier2.1%17.7%12.2%
Reviews for Overland Park    38 Reviews

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Wasted 20 yrs living here, a lot of people want out but get trapped once they have families, I consider myself lucky and happy to have left this dump. This place is  More

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Overland Park is family Utopia. If you want a good place to raise your family with above average to great public schooling then OP is the place for you. Housing is a  More

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We visited Overland Park and a very nice place. I was also told that Overland Park is also one of the most expensive cities to live in the US. In looking at the water  More

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Reviews for Topeka    28 Reviews

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I live in Topeka this town is awful A lot of crime has been happening here. I don't suggest moving here. This town is also dying out it's mostly old people, meth  More

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Over 6 years ago

I lived in Topeka most of my life until moving to Katy, Texas...which is a premiere suburb of Houston. Topeka is genuinely missed as it is a superb community to raise a  More

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