Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Bonner Springs grades C overall, ranked 116th of 150 in Kansas, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. On the other side, it reports more crime per resident than 79% of U.S. towns, including 43 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. It also does better than most on incomes: the median household earns $83K. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its public schools trail 68% of Kansas towns on state tests and graduation. A typical home there costs about $304K, 3.6 years of the Kansas City metro’s $83K median household income. Bonner Springs’ violent crime rate is 5.5 per 1,000 residents, above both Kansas’ towns (2.5) and U.S. towns (1.6). Its National Register listings include Bonner Springs High School and Frank and Agnes Schmotz Farmstead.
Where Bonner Springs beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Bonner Springs is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Its founding year, 1812, is the earliest of any Kansas town we grade.
Census counts: 609 in 1900, 7,837 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1908 and 3 maps from 1940 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bonner Springs. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaArrowhead Stadium
22 mi Park & preserveSubTropolis
21 mi Stadium & arenaKauffman Stadium
4 mi Stadium & arenaSporting Park
17 mi Stadium & arenaCPKC Stadium
16 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile CenterArrowhead Stadium: Ichabod, CC BY-SA 3.0 · SubTropolis: ErgoSum88, Public domain · Kauffman Stadium: Mysteryman28, Public domain · Sporting Park: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · CPKC Stadium: elisfkc2, CC BY-SA 2.0 · T-Mobile Center: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bonner Springs, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Bonner Springs.
Bonner Springs trades workers with Kansas City and other neighbors and has hotter summers than most of the country, though not than most of Kansas.
Bonner Springs reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 79% report less.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its public schools are run by the Bonner Springs school district. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Bonner Springs High, with 778 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert E Clark MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 599 | C− |
| Bonner Springs HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 778 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KS on state tests and graduation
3.2 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Wyandotte County Park, at 253 acres.
| Bonner Springs | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.1% | 2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wyandotte County Park | 0.9 mi | 253 |
| 2. Lion's Park | 0.3 mi | 14 |
| 3. National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame | 0.1 mi | 151 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The typical Bonner Springs home is worth about $304,000, up 2.7% in a year, 23% above the Kansas typical home.
| Bonner Springs | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 75% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,165 a month | $975 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
July afternoons average 89.1°: hotter than most of the country, but cooler than 87% of Kansas places with climate records; January nights average 19.9°.
Bonner Springs has chilly winters and warm summers. Bonner Springs’ July high is 89°F. About 12 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Bonner Springs | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 89°F | 91°F | 85°F |
| January low | 20°F | 21°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Bonner Springs has about as many jobs (3,596) as working residents, but only 391 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 2,569 in 2013 to 3,596.
Most working residents leave Bonner Springs for work: only 10% work in town. Since 2013, Bonner Springs has added 1,027 jobs, to 3,596 in 2023. 16% of Bonner Springs workers work from home.
| Bonner Springs | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 16% | 8.7% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 10% | 15% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Adults 18 to 34 are 18% of residents (23% statewide); children under 18 are 28% of residents (24% statewide). 14% of residents are 65 or older in Bonner Springs. 29% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 36% across Kansas.
| Bonner Springs | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 28% | 24% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Median age | 38.1 years | 38.2 years | 40.5 years |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.9 points. Across Kansas, 49.8% of residents are women.
| Bonner Springs | KS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 16% | 12.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.1% | 11.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.4% | 10.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.2% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.9% | 12.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.5% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.9% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.6% | 8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.5% | 25.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.5% | 21.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.3% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.4% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.6% | 13.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Bonner Springs beats the Kansas average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5.
| Bonner Springs | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 8.9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Bonner Springs | KS |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 17.7% | 11.3% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 9.9% | 8.2% |
| More smokers | 16.8% | 14% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 56% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 54 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Bonner Springs.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
8 within 15 miles of the center of Bonner Springs
About 4 of every 100 Bonner Springs residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
City in Kansas, United States
Bonner Springs is a city in Wyandotte, Leavenworth, and Johnson counties, Kansas, United States. It is part of the Kansas City, Missouri Metro Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 7,837. Bonner Springs was incorporated as a city on November 10, 1898. Bonner Springs is home to the Azura Amphitheater (previously named the Sandstone Amphitheater), the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame, Wyandotte County Park, Wyandotte County Historical Museum, and the annual Kansas City Renaissance Festival.
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4 towns share a border with Bonner Springs.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonner Springs | #116 | C | B− | C− | C | C+ |
| Kansas City | #146 | D | B | D | D− | C− |
| Shawnee | #26 | A− | C | C+ | A | A |
| Edwardsville | #139 | D | C+ | C− | C | C+ |
| Fairmount Township | #47 | B+ | C | — | A | B+ |
Fairmount Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Bonner Springs with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Bonner Springs grades C overall, better than 25% of U.S. towns and #116 of 150 in Kansas. It grades C+ for health, C− for safety and C for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
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