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Home appreciation in Lawrence, KS

Over the five years ending 2025, home prices in Lawrence, KS grew an average of 8.8% a year.

Price growth at a glance

1-year

+6.4%

2025 over 2024. Kansas: +4.9%.

5-year, per year

+8.8%

Average annual growth, 2020 to 2025. Kansas: +8.8%.

10-year, per year

+6.6%

+89.3% in total since 2015. Kansas: +6.6%.

How does your home compare?

Lawrence, KS home prices rose 89.3% over the ten years to 2025, while its ZIP codes ranged from +72.6% to +98.2%. Look up your home to see where it ranks among the homes around it.

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How Lawrence, KS compares with Kansas

The metro and its state moved almost together over that window. For five-year price growth, Lawrence, KS ranks 243rd out of 409 metros nationwide and 2nd out of 4 in Kansas.

Index, 2005 = 100

Lawrence, KS and Kansas, quarterly house price index rebased to 100 in 2005.
YearLawrence, KSKansas
2005 Q1100100
2005 Q2101101
2005 Q3102103
2005 Q4103103
2006 Q1102104
2006 Q2104104
2006 Q3104105
2006 Q4106106
2007 Q1106107
2007 Q2106108
2007 Q3105108
2007 Q4106108
2008 Q1107109
2008 Q2106108
2008 Q3104107
2008 Q4105107
2009 Q1105108
2009 Q2103107
2009 Q3103107
2009 Q4102106
2010 Q1101106
2010 Q2101105
2010 Q3101107
2010 Q4102107
2011 Q199105
2011 Q299103
2011 Q3100104
2011 Q4101105
2012 Q1100105
2012 Q2100104
2012 Q3100105
2012 Q4101105
2013 Q1101106
2013 Q2100105
2013 Q3101106
2013 Q4102106
2014 Q1101106
2014 Q2101108
2014 Q3102109
2014 Q4102109
2015 Q1103110
2015 Q2105111
2015 Q3106113
2015 Q4103113
2016 Q1106114
2016 Q2108116
2016 Q3111118
2016 Q4110118
2017 Q1110118
2017 Q2114121
2017 Q3113123
2017 Q4113123
2018 Q1115125
2018 Q2119127
2018 Q3117127
2018 Q4119129
2019 Q1120130
2019 Q2123132
2019 Q3124134
2019 Q4125134
2020 Q1127136
2020 Q2128138
2020 Q3130141
2020 Q4132143
2021 Q1135146
2021 Q2144154
2021 Q3151161
2021 Q4152164
2022 Q1156169
2022 Q2167180
2022 Q3167182
2022 Q4168181
2023 Q1167182
2023 Q2183190
2023 Q3181194
2023 Q4181194
2024 Q1183198
2024 Q2183202
2024 Q3187204
2024 Q4187205
2025 Q1198209
2025 Q2195212
2025 Q3196214
2025 Q4199215
2026 Q1198217
2026 Q2204220

Chart through 2026 Q2. Annual growth figures through 2025.

Growth was stronger over the last five years than over the full decade: +6.6% a year over ten years, +89.3% in total.

Over this history, home prices peaked in 2007, fell 5.7% to its 2011 low, and regained the 2007 level in 2016.

The strongest year was 2022 at +13.4%, and the weakest was 2009 at -2.0%.

In 2025 alone the index moved +6.4%, against +4.9% for the state.

ZIP codes in Lawrence, KS

Over the ten years to 2025, the 6 ZIP codes FHFA measures in this metro ranged from +72.6% in 66049 to +98.2% in 66046, while the metro as a whole rose 89.3%.

ZIP codes in Lawrence, KS ranked by 10-year home-price change through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
66046+7.8%+8.9%+7.1%+98.2%
66025+8.2%+8.9%+7.0%+96.7%
66006+9.6%+8.9%+7.0%+96.4%
66044+3.1%+8.2%+6.6%+89.7%
66047+7.0%+7.9%+5.8%+75.4%
66049+4.4%+7.7%+5.6%+72.6%

What a home report shows

Enter an address and you get a score out of 10 for how the home ranks on appreciation potential against comparable homes in its market, with the nearby sales behind it. Here is one saved report.

Example report · saved October 14, 2026

165 N Canal St, Apt 1205, Chicago, IL 60606

Appreciation score

4.1 / 10

Around the median

Where it ranks

Ranks above about 41% of comparable homes in Chicago, IL for appreciation potential.

Price against nearby sales

Priced below most nearby sales, at $300 per square foot across 6 comparable sales.

Read the full example report

Year by year

Annual house price index for Lawrence, KS and Kansas, 2005 = 100 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
2005100.0—100.0
2006102.6+2.6%103.1
2007104.2+1.5%105.8
2008103.6-0.5%105.6
2009101.5-2.0%105.2
201099.8-1.7%104.2
201198.3-1.5%102.6
201298.8+0.5%102.8
201399.5+0.7%103.7
2014100.2+0.7%106.1
2015102.5+2.3%109.7
2016107.2+4.6%114.3
2017110.9+3.4%119.1
2018116.1+4.6%124.7
2019121.4+4.6%130.0
2020127.4+4.9%136.9
2021143.1+12.4%153.4
2022162.3+13.4%174.8
2023175.2+7.9%186.5
2024182.3+4.1%198.8
2025194.0+6.4%208.6

The 4 measured metros in Kansas

Measured metros in Kansas ranked by 5-year home-price appreciation through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
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1Topeka, KS+5.2%+9.3%+6.5%
2Lawrence, KS+6.4%+8.8%+6.6%
3Wichita, KS+3.8%+8.8%+6.5%
4Manhattan, KS+2.7%+6.6%+4.3%

Source & method: Metro figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index for metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan divisions, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. State figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. The chart uses quarterly readings, with each series set to 100 in the first quarter of 2005. ZIP figures: FHFA annual five-digit ZIP index (developmental), ZIPs with sufficient transaction history. Missing years are reported as missing by FHFA and are not estimated. Each ZIP is placed in the metro that holds the county with most of its housing units. “5-yr /yr” and “10-yr /yr” are compound annual growth over the window ending 2025; all figures are nominal. Data published by the FHFA House Price Index; this edition compiled 2026-10-17. Educational data, not investment advice.

See the Kansas row in the state rankings, the county rankings, and, for why one metro number hides so much, why two homes in the same ZIP code appreciate differently.

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Measured FHFA data · chart through 2026 Q2