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Emporia

Emporia, Kansas crime and tract data guide. Read the citywide pattern first, then move into tract pages and comparison pages to see where the local differences are most pronounced.

Population
26,494
Emporia covered by 10 underlying areas.
Violent crime
3.7 / 1k
Violent crime moved up by 2.7 / 1k from 1.0 / 1k in 2021 to 3.7 / 1k in 2024. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage.
Property crime
22.6 / 1k
Property crime has increased 194% since 2021.
Market rent
$846
Market rent has increased 10% since 2023. Rent here is ZIP-derived market context.
Signals

What Emporia is signaling right now

City-level signals summarize safety, market pressure, quality, and upside without loading the application bundle.

Safety

100/100

Scores in the 100th percentile for lower violent crime relative to its peer set. Higher scores indicate safer conditions based on the current violent-crime rate.

Momentum

50/100

Development activity lands around the 50th percentile once permit intensity is normalized by household base — a forward-looking signal for neighborhood improvement trajectory.

Quality

70/100

Retail discovery mix places this area around the 70th percentile — curated premium-versus-value retail tagging, openings, and category mix are used to summarize commercial quality.

Investor Upside

59/100

Forward-looking composite places this area in the 59th percentile — a weighted blend of development momentum and retail quality signaling medium-term investment potential.

Benchmarks

Emporia compared with Kansas

Emporia city pages are rolled up from tract-level metrics, then linked into tract pages and city comparison reads so you can move from the citywide pattern into the places driving it.

Violent Crime

3.7 / 1k

3.9 / 1k state · 4.0 / 1k national

Property Crime

22.6 / 1k

21.5 / 1k state · 19.6 / 1k national

Market Rent (ZIP-derived)

$846

$1,337 state

Permits 12M

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