1265 Sw Lincoln St, Topeka, KS 66604

Site & surroundings

Physical conditions that affect value and rarely appear on a listing.

• 12th & Clay Substation0.2 mi from parcel centre

  Transformer hum, and a persistent resale objection whatever the engineering says.

• Correctional or waste facility0.7 mi from parcel centre

  Persistent effect on the buyer pool regardless of any measurable nuisance.

• Green Point C & D Processing Center1.1 mi from parcel centre

  Odour travels much further than noise and is seasonal.

• Shawnee County Department of Corrections1.3 mi from parcel centre

  Persistent effect on the buyer pool regardless of any measurable nuisance.

• Evergy (2 nearby)896 ft from parcel centre

  Where a line crosses a parcel there is usually a recorded easement restricting what can be built under it — check the deed, not the map.

• Industrial land0.7 mi from parcel centre

  Truck traffic and operating hours are the usual complaint.

• Kansas Sand Plant #11.9 mi from parcel centre

  Blasting schedules and heavy haulage on local roads.

• 32% owner-occupied

  Predominantly renter-occupied tract — the resale pool leans investor, which caps price at what the rent supports.

Context

• FEMA flood zone X

  Outside the 1% annual chance floodplain.

• Elevation 961 ft

  Ground elevation at the parcel. Compare with the FEMA base flood elevation where one is published.

• 13% of homes vacant year-round in Census Tract 4

  301 of 2,246 units vacant year-round, around or below the national tract average.

• Tract median home value $51,300

  Self-reported median across the whole tract — context for whether a number is plausible, not a comparable and never a bid input.

• Median household income $31,257

  Tract median household income. Sets what a local buyer can finance.

• Aaron Douglas Art Park814 ft from parcel centre

  Public green space.

© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Flood zones from FEMA, elevation from USGS, tract statistics from the US Census. Proximity is measured from the parcel’s recorded location, which for most parcels is an assessor centroid rather than a boundary — treat these as figures to verify on a site visit, not as survey distances.