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Kansas · 150 graded towns

Towns and cities in Kansas

39 of Kansas’ 150 graded towns and cities (26%) grade A− or better nationally, against 25% of U.S. towns. Morton Township ranks first in the state with an A+; schools (A+) and jobs & income (A−) are its strongest grades; cost of living (B) is its lowest.

Letters are national: the overall grade blends cost of living, safety, schools, health, jobs & income, walkability and hazard risk. How grades work

How Kansas compares: report cardBest places to liveBest small townsMost affordable townsSafest townsTowns with the best schoolsHealthiest towns
150
towns of 2,500+ with an overall grade
39
grade A− or better nationally
1
of 2,500+ without enough data for a grade
222
smaller places (1,000–2,499) with subject grades
Towns by letter
A+3A13A−23B+18B18B−12C+14C15C−21D12D−1

All 150 graded towns, by county

Every town of 2,500+ residents with an overall grade, in 58 counties, A to Z inside each. The rank is among 150 Kansas towns on the best places to live list. A town that spans counties is listed in the one where most of it lies.

150 graded towns, A to Z.

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Allen County 1 graded

  1. CIola#113 of 1505,240

Anderson County 1 graded

  1. C+Garnett#90 of 1503,242

Atchison County 1 graded

  1. C+Atchison#100 of 15010,789

Barton County 2 graded

  1. C−Great Bend#120 of 15014,266
  2. B−Hoisington#79 of 1502,598

Bourbon County 1 graded

  1. C−Fort Scott#122 of 1507,500

Brown County 1 graded

  1. C+Hiawatha#93 of 1503,124

Butler County 9 graded

  1. A−Andover#25 of 15017,370
  2. C−Augusta#125 of 1509,073
  3. B+Bruno Township#41 of 15019,221
  4. B−El Dorado#87 of 15012,696
  5. BPleasant Township#67 of 1505,459
  6. C−Prospect Township#132 of 1502,548
  7. BRichland Townshipanother Richland Township is in Miami County#58 of 1502,620
  8. A−Rose Hill#24 of 1504,320
  9. B−Towanda Township#82 of 1502,574

Cherokee County 4 graded

  1. C−Baxter Springs#117 of 1503,823
  2. C−Columbus#119 of 1502,866
  3. CGalena#114 of 1502,788
  4. C−Garden Township#127 of 1502,713

Clay County 1 graded

  1. C+Clay Center#99 of 1504,061

Cloud County 1 graded

  1. C+Concordia#96 of 1504,991

Coffey County 1 graded

  1. CBurlington#103 of 1502,640

Cowley County 2 graded

  1. D−Arkansas City#150 of 15011,800
  2. DWinfield#147 of 15011,745

Crawford County 4 graded

  1. C−Baker Townshipanother Baker Township is in Gove County#126 of 1503,483
  2. BFrontenac#63 of 1503,443
  3. DPittsburg#143 of 15020,569
  4. CWashington Townshipanother Washington Township is in Doniphan County#112 of 1503,543

Dickinson County 1 graded

  1. BAbilene#61 of 1506,552

Doniphan County 1 graded

  1. A−Washington Townshipanother Washington Township is in Crawford County#27 of 1502,966

Douglas County 5 graded

  1. A−Baldwin City#19 of 1504,946
  2. A−Eudora#32 of 1506,506
  3. BEudora Township#59 of 1507,870
  4. B−Lawrence#77 of 15096,367
  5. A−Palmyra Township#30 of 1507,847

Ellis County 2 graded

  1. A−Big Creek Township#21 of 1502,622
  2. B+Hays#57 of 15021,258

Ellsworth County 1 graded

  1. AEllsworth#16 of 1503,092

Finney County 3 graded

  1. DGarden City#140 of 15027,402
  2. DGarden City Township#148 of 1505,667
  3. C−Sherlock Township#130 of 1502,907

Ford County 1 graded

  1. C−Dodge City#124 of 15027,653

Franklin County 2 graded

  1. BFranklin Township#68 of 1503,179
  2. C+Ottawa#88 of 15012,716

Geary County 3 graded

  1. CFort Rileyunincorporated, Geary County · also in Riley County#115 of 1508,606
  2. DJunction City#142 of 15022,583
  3. DSmoky Hill Township#141 of 1509,191

Grant County 1 graded

  1. A−Ulysses#38 of 1505,524

Harvey County 3 graded

  1. AEmma Township#9 of 1504,017
  2. AHesston#4 of 1503,458
  3. C−Newton#133 of 15018,353

Jackson County 1 graded

  1. BHolton#69 of 1503,396

Jefferson County 1 graded

  1. B+Rock Creek Township#40 of 1502,773

Johnson County 16 graded

  1. A+Aubry Township#2 of 1504,719
  2. A−De Soto#22 of 1507,083
  3. AFairway#11 of 1504,181
  4. B+Gardner#51 of 15026,154
  5. B+Gardner Township#44 of 1502,550
  6. A−Leawood#20 of 15034,093
  7. A−Lenexa#23 of 15060,506
  8. B+Merriam#56 of 15011,509
  9. BMission#66 of 15010,125
  10. A−Mission Hills#17 of 1503,522
  11. A−Olathe#18 of 150150,025
  12. A−Overland Park#34 of 150203,677
  13. APrairie Village#13 of 15023,008
  14. B+Roeland Park#46 of 1506,683
  15. A−Shawnee#26 of 15069,848
  16. A−Spring Hillalso in Miami County#29 of 15010,777

Kingman County 1 graded

  1. CKingman#105 of 1502,884

Labette County 1 graded

  1. CParsons#108 of 1509,315

Leavenworth County 7 graded

  1. B+Basehor#45 of 1508,249
  2. B+Fairmount Township#47 of 15012,817
  3. A−Lansing#31 of 15011,331
  4. B−Leavenworth#84 of 15037,012
  5. ASherman Townshipanother Sherman Township is in Sedgwick County#10 of 1502,920
  6. C+Stranger Township#89 of 1505,467
  7. BTonganoxie#64 of 1506,208

Linn County 1 graded

  1. B−Lincoln Townshipanother Lincoln Township is in Coffey County and Dickinson County#78 of 1502,730

Lyon County 1 graded

  1. C−Emporia#131 of 15024,137

Marion County 1 graded

  1. AHillsboro#15 of 1502,646

Marshall County 1 graded

  1. B−Marysville#80 of 1503,385

McPherson County 2 graded

  1. ALindsborg#5 of 1503,824
  2. BMcPherson#71 of 15013,918

Miami County 3 graded

  1. A−Louisburg#33 of 1505,299
  2. COsawatomie#111 of 1504,215
  3. BPaola#74 of 1505,880

Mitchell County 1 graded

  1. BBeloit#75 of 1503,288

Montgomery County 2 graded

  1. DCoffeyville#144 of 1508,460
  2. CIndependence#107 of 1508,193

Neosho County 1 graded

  1. C−Chanute#129 of 1508,584

Norton County 1 graded

  1. B−Norton#76 of 1502,651

Osage County 1 graded

  1. C+Osage City#91 of 1502,784

Pawnee County 1 graded

  1. C−Larned#118 of 1503,596

Pottawatomie County 6 graded

  1. C+Blue Township#94 of 1505,449
  2. C−St. George Township#128 of 1505,056
  3. B+St. Marys#54 of 1502,790
  4. BSt. Marys Township#60 of 1504,018
  5. AWamego#6 of 1504,912
  6. A+Wamego Township#3 of 1505,838

Pratt County 1 graded

  1. BPratt#62 of 1506,574

Reno County 3 graded

  1. DHutchinson#145 of 15039,595
  2. CReno Townshipanother Reno Township is in Leavenworth County#104 of 1504,360
  3. CSouth Hutchinson#102 of 1502,516

Rice County 1 graded

  1. C+Lyons#101 of 1503,488

Riley County 1 graded

  1. BManhattan#73 of 15054,673

Russell County 1 graded

  1. C−Russell#137 of 1504,286

Saline County 1 graded

  1. C−Salina#134 of 15046,094

Scott County 1 graded

  1. B+Scott City#50 of 1503,855

Sedgwick County 24 graded

  1. A−Attica Township#39 of 1509,068
  2. C+Bel Aire#97 of 15010,287
  3. AClearwater#7 of 1502,792
  4. B−Derby#85 of 15026,606
  5. A−Goddard#36 of 1506,638
  6. AGrant Townshipanother Grant Township is in Reno County#8 of 1505,743
  7. C+Gypsum Township#92 of 15010,370
  8. CHaysville#110 of 15011,353
  9. C+Kechi Township#98 of 15010,931
  10. BMaize#65 of 1507,853
  11. C+Minneha Township#95 of 1503,472
  12. A+Morton Township#1 of 1502,819
  13. B+Mulvane#49 of 1507,030
  14. A−Ninnescah Township#28 of 1503,563
  15. B−Oaklawn-Sunviewunincorporated, Sedgwick County#86 of 1502,789
  16. C−Park City#121 of 1509,458
  17. B+Park Township#48 of 1508,984
  18. CRiverside Township#109 of 15013,603
  19. BRockford Township#72 of 15024,796
  20. B−Salem Township#83 of 1509,673
  21. AUnion Townshipanother Union Township is in Jefferson County#12 of 1502,704
  22. AValley Center#14 of 1507,685
  23. A−Valley Center Township#35 of 1505,036
  24. DWichita#149 of 150400,987

Seward County 1 graded

  1. C−Liberal#135 of 15019,010

Shawnee County 7 graded

  1. A−Auburn Township#37 of 1503,319
  2. B+Mission Township#53 of 15010,195
  3. B+Monmouth Township#55 of 1503,224
  4. B+Soldier Township#52 of 15015,282
  5. B+Tecumseh Township#43 of 1507,829
  6. C−Topeka#136 of 150125,795
  7. B−Williamsport Township#81 of 1504,334

Sherman County 1 graded

  1. C−Goodland#123 of 1504,366

Stevens County 1 graded

  1. CHugoton#106 of 1503,545

Sumner County 2 graded

  1. BBelle Plaine Township#70 of 1503,025
  2. DWellington#138 of 1507,541

Thomas County 1 graded

  1. B+Colby#42 of 1505,489

Wyandotte County 3 graded

  1. CBonner Springs#116 of 1507,962
  2. DEdwardsville#139 of 1504,748
  3. DKansas City#146 of 150157,805
Also in Kansas

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Not graded (1)

Towns of 2,500+ without enough data for an overall grade. Their pages show every subject that is graded.

  • –Madison Township Riley County · 9,403 people. No overall grade: no safety or health figures, and the overall needs three of the four.

Smaller places 222 with 1,000–2,499 residents

These have subject grades (safety, schools, health and the rest) but no overall grade or rank: the overall starts at 2,500 residents.

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Lists in Kansas

Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.

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Best places to live150 towns · #1 Morton TownshipBest small towns104 towns · #1 Morton TownshipMost affordable towns151 towns · #1 GalenaSafest towns80 towns · #1 LindsborgTowns with the best schools151 towns · #1 Morton TownshipHealthiest towns150 towns · #1 FairwayBest towns for jobs & income151 towns · #1 Mission HillsMost walkable towns151 towns · #1 MarysvilleTowns with the lowest natural-hazard risk151 towns · #1 MerriamBest towns for the outdoors151 towns · #1 WinfieldMost historic towns151 towns · #1 Fort ScottTowns with the most civic life149 towns · #1 GoodlandTowns with the least snow151 towns · #1 El DoradoDescribed, no lettersSnowiest towns151 towns · #1 GoodlandDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters153 towns · #1 Garden TownshipDescribed, no lettersTowns with the hottest summers153 towns · #1 UlyssesDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers153 towns · #1 HiawathaDescribed, no lettersTowns with the highest incomes151 towns · #1 Mission HillsDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest property taxes149 towns · #1 Oaklawn-SunviewDescribed, no lettersFastest-growing towns150 towns · #1 MaizeDescribed, no lettersTowns with the most-used libraries70 towns · #1 GirardDescribed, no letters