| Index | Emporia | Kansas | National |
| Median home price | $177,520 | $246,707 | $326,622 |
| Median rent asked | $1,000 | $1,157 | $1,444 |
| Avg. people per household | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| Owner occupied households | 47.9% | 66.3% | 63.6% |
| Renter occupied households | 52.1% | 33.7% | 36.4% |

| Population | Home Price | National Avg. | |
| Dunlap, KS | 50 | $0 | 100% |
| Reading, KS | 171 | $102,630 | 69% |
| Neosho Rapids, KS | 378 | $104,417 | 68% |
| Hartford, KS | 347 | $110,249 | 66% |
| Americus, KS | 953 | $160,837 | 51% |
| Emporia, KS | 25,435 | $177,520 | 46% |
| Population | Home Price | National Avg. | |
| Riverbank, CA | 25,441 | $566,173 | 73% |
| Hazleton, PA | 25,442 | $177,062 | 46% |
| Hastings, NE | 25,424 | $230,271 | 29% |
| Conway, SC | 25,463 | $303,864 | 7% |
| Key West, FL | 25,464 | $1,266,675 | 288% |
| Emporia, KS | 25,435 | $177,520 | 46% |