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Cost of living in Emporia, Kansas

Simple answer

Typical rent is $815 a month.

Emporia is a city in Kansas. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $52,704 a year.

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People
24,131
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$815
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$52,704
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$132,700
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$961
Lyon County, KS

Emporia, Kansas has about 24,131 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $132,700.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Lyon County is $961 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Emporia. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

Kansas's prices sit at 90.1 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.

Kansas taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 8.7% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Emporia's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Kansas home paid 15.27¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Emporia's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Kansas in the table we use.

Among 184 places we list in Kansas with a rent figure, 97 have higher typical rent than Emporia.

Nearby places

EBT nearby

USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

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Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.