Topeka, KS
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Market snapshotPerformance indicators for the Topeka short-term rental market based on reliable data.
Listings
101 / 206
Reliable / Active
Cap Rate
12%
Middle-Earners Gross Yield
Revenue
$22,722
Middle-Earners Revenue
Occupancy
64%
Middle-Earners Occupancy
Home Value
$185,926
Median Home Sale Price
Top Earners
$37,593
Top-Earners Revenue
Topeka
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Generally Investor friendly
Topeka Regulations
STRs are explicitly allowed but require licensing (admin or conditional use), inspections, safety standards, zoning conformance, and a 500‑ft separation rule for Type II in many residential zones; compliance is structured and predictable, but the permitting and operational rules add moderate cost and process burden.
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About Topeka
Topeka ( tə-PEE-kə) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the seat of Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 126,587. The Topeka metropolitan statistical area, which includes Shawnee, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, and Wabaunsee Counties, had a population of 233,870 in the 2010 census. The city, laid out in 1854, was one of the Free-State towns founded by Eastern antislavery men immediately after the passage of the Kansas–Nebraska Bill. In 1857, Topeka was chartered as a city. The city is well known for the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, which overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and declared racial segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional.