Edgerton, Kansas

Population

Down 0.6% since 2020.

1,744

people, the 130th-largest of Kansas's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Kansas's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The workday

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

99.2%

of 2,417 jobs located in Edgerton are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

Rent

Median rent is up 43% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$1,269

a month. Kansas's median is $1,060.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

A $2,307 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Johnson County.

• $988 Tract 535.57
• $3,295 Tract 536.03

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Room to build

The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.

$1,191–$1,787

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $1,269 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 18 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
• 0% of those were in multifamily buildings
• 77% of all homes were built before 2000

Census Building Permits Survey, 2016–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.1–3.5% to the 695 homes here.

1–24

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 3% less than Kansas's.

$210,600

median home value in Edgerton.

• $210,600 Edgerton
• $217,200 Kansas
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year