Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Edwardsville grades D overall, 139th of 150 graded towns in Kansas, mostly because of safety. Its police reported 23 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, a higher rate per resident than 76% of U.S. towns. In its favor, it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 63% of U.S. towns. On civic life, just 2 of Kansas’ 362 towns do worse. Edwardsville’s violent crime rate is 4.8 per 1,000 residents, above both the Kansas town median (2.5) and the median of U.S. towns (1.6). Roy Williamson House is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Edwardsville beats most towns.
Where Edwardsville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Edwardsville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 106 in 1880, 4,717 in 2020. The archive holds 10 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 6 maps from 1934 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Edwardsville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaArrowhead Stadium
19 mi Park & preserveSubTropolis
18 mi Stadium & arenaKauffman Stadium
3 mi Stadium & arenaSporting Park
14 mi Stadium & arenaCPKC Stadium
13 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 Edwardsville, 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 Edwardsville.
Edwardsville draws workers from Kansas City and beyond, fares better on crime within Kansas than nationally and has hotter summers than most of the country, though not than most of Kansas.
4,473 jobs are based in Edwardsville, 2.4 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Most working residents leave Edwardsville for work: only 6% work in town. 15% of Edwardsville residents live below the poverty line. Jobs based in Edwardsville grew to 4,473 in 2023, 255 more than in 2013.
| Edwardsville | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.4% | 15% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Bonner Springs school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwardsville ElemLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 331 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KS on state tests and graduation
At 32.5 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 63% of Kansas’s graded towns.
Edwardsville reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 76% report less.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
58.1% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 43.5% across Kansas.
The typical Edwardsville home is worth about $300,000, up 0.9% in a year, 22% above the Kansas typical home.
| Edwardsville | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,053 a month | $975 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 74% | 72% | 73% |
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°.
Edwardsville has chilly winters and warm summers. Edwardsville’s July high is 89°F. About 17 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Edwardsville | 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
Edwardsville beats the Kansas average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 18% of adults smoke cigarettes in Edwardsville.
| Edwardsville | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 26% | 25% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 8.9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Edwardsville | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7% | 8.1% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 10.4% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 58% of U.S. communities. Since 1993, 11 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Edwardsville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.5 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The biggest park or preserve is Edwardsville City Park, at 23 acres. The trail density in Edwardsville is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Edwardsville | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.5% | 2.1% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Edwardsville City Park | — | 23 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
17 within 15 miles of the center of Edwardsville
About 3 of every 100 Edwardsville residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
City in Kansas, United States
Edwardsville is a city in Wyandotte County, Kansas, United States, and part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 4,717.
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3 towns share a border with Edwardsville.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edwardsville | #139 | D | C+ | C− | C | C+ |
| Kansas City | #146 | D | B | D | D− | C− |
| Bonner Springs | #116 | C | B− | C− | C | C+ |
| Shawnee | #26 | A− | C | C+ | A | A |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Edwardsville grades D overall, better than 15% of U.S. towns and #139 of 150 in Kansas. It grades C+ for health, C− for safety and C for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a C−.
That is 3.6 years of the area's median household income ($83,460 across the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
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