Lawrence housing market: home prices, trends and forecast
Lawrence home prices: in Lawrence, Kansas, the Zillow Home Value Index valued a typical home at $332,513 in September 2026. That was +3.3% on a year earlier and the highest monthly figure on record.
- Value of a typical home
- $332,513September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change over 12 months
- +3.3%. compared with September 2025.
Lawrence home prices since 2000
Lawrence is the steel line; the United States is the grey one. Between August 2004 and the latest figure, the typical Lawrence home rose from $140,267 to $332,513, or ×2.37, compared with ×2.13 for the US over those months.
Lawrence median home price by year
Each yearly figure averages the twelve monthly values, and 2026 covers the latest month.
| Year | Lawrence | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | $148,380 | $189,732 | |
| 2006 | $156,232 | +5.3% | $206,531 |
| 2007 | $160,438 | +2.7% | $208,449 |
| 2008 | $161,656 | +0.8% | $195,574 |
| 2009 | $160,823 | −0.5% | $177,542 |
| 2010 | $159,343 | −0.9% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $158,984 | −0.2% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $159,730 | +0.5% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $164,052 | +2.7% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $167,816 | +2.3% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $170,522 | +1.6% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $178,344 | +4.6% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $186,833 | +4.8% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $197,725 | +5.8% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $206,748 | +4.6% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $220,091 | +6.5% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $249,541 | +13.4% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $276,827 | +10.9% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $291,537 | +5.3% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $305,646 | +4.8% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $320,055 | +4.7% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $332,513 | +3.3% | $366,157 |
What a home bought in Lawrence in any year is worth now
Based on an index, not an appraisal; it describes a typical home.
Each year averages its twelve monthly index values; the current value is September 2026. See also: home appreciation calculator.
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Lawrence housing market forecast
Zillow's forecast expects the Lawrence, KS metro to rise 3.1% during the 12 months from September 2026; it also predicts 1.0% growth over the next three months. That would take Lawrence's typical value of $332,513 to near $342,800 a year from now.
Here, Zillow's central estimate for the metro is restated; this site does not publish a forecast of its own. Forecasts like this 12-month one have typically been off by several percentage points from the change that actually happened, in both directions. This is not investment advice.
See the housing market forecast table for every metro.
Lawrence housing market crash risk score
29 out of 100, moderate
Using five conditions that were high before earlier price declines, the score ranks Lawrence against 292 cities. Each input is compared with the other cities and scored from 0 to 100. Equal weight is then given to all five places in the average. It shows conditions as they are today, and it makes no prediction of a crash.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | −21.6% | 20 | 20% |
| Time on the market vs 2019 | −20.0% | 9 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 17.5 | 47 | 20% |
| Price-to-income ratio | 5.0 | 54 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | +3.3% | 17 | 20% |
This is not investment advice. The scoring method for the inputs: methodology. Ranked list of all 292 cities: crash risk by city.
Lawrence inventory and days on market
In September 2026 the Lawrence, KS metro listed 269 homes for sale. The total was up +34.6% from a year earlier, but down 21.6% from the same month in 2019. Homes took 44 days to sell at the median (−20.0% against 2019), and price cuts applied to 19.5% of listings.
| Lawrence, KS metro, September 2026 | Value | On a year |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 269 | +34.6% |
| New listings | 158 | |
| Median days on market | 44 | −3.3% |
| Median list price | $417,500 | +13.8% |
| Share with a price cut | 19.5% |
Metro inventory comes from Realtor.com® Economic Research. Realtor.com data. View days on market by city for every metro.
Rent and living expenses in Lawrence
The typical asking rent is $1,580 a month, +4.6% on a year, according to the Zillow Observed Rent Index for Lawrence. The typical home's price works out to 17.5 years of that rent. At $67,129 (Census ACS 2024), the median household income makes the typical home equal 5.0 times one year's income. BEA reports metro prices at 90.2, compared with a US average of 100, and gives housing costs a value of 71.6.
Additional housing markets in Kansas
Kansas housing market for the whole state.
How to read this chart
Each point gives the Zillow Home Value Index for Lawrence: a typical home's worth in the market's middle third, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, measured in that month's dollars. The hollow dot shows the month picked on the slider, while the terracotta dot shows the most recent month. These numbers are not adjusted for inflation. An index tracks the typical home rather than any one house, so use the card above or the home appreciation calculator to work out what a single home is worth from its own sale price.