Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A typical home costs 3 years of the Wichita metro’s $71K median household income.
Halstead’s best subject grade is an A for cost of living. 30% of residents are under 18 in Halstead, above both Kansas’ towns (24%) and U.S. towns (22%). Among 90 Kansas towns, just 9 have a lower violent crime rate than Halstead. Halstead has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Bernhard Warkentin Homestead and Halstead Santa Fe Depot. Halstead has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Halstead beats most towns.
Halstead Santa Fe DepotWhere Halstead’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 Halstead is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,071 in 1890, 2,179 in 2020. The archive holds 11 old photos and papers going back to 1912 and 2 maps from 1959 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Halstead, 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 Halstead.
Most working residents leave Halstead for work: only 12% work in town. Jobs based in Halstead fell to 579 in 2023, 88 fewer than in 2013. At 23 minutes, Halstead’s average trip to work is where Kansas’ towns sit at 20 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes.
| Halstead | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 15% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Halstead school district. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halstead Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 4–8 | Grades 4–8 | 346 | C+ |
| Halstead HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 240 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KS on state tests and graduation
Halstead beats the Kansas average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 31% of Halstead adults get no exercise outside work.
| Halstead | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 26% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Halstead | KS |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 16.7% | 11.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.6% | 6.7% |
| More adults who have had a stroke | 3.8% | 3.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Halstead has chilly winters and hot summers. The July high in Halstead is 93°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Halstead home is worth about $210,000, up 5.6% in a year, 15% below the Kansas typical home. Halstead’s median rent is $826 a month.
| Halstead | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $826 a month | $975 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 77% | 72% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Halstead's reported crime rate is well below Kansas's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. Violent crime is rare: 2 reported in 2023.
FBI crime data, 2023 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 51% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 175 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Halstead.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Riverside Park | 0.3 mi | 13 |
| 2. Scout Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
2 within 15 miles of the center of Halstead
About 3 of every 100 Halstead residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
City in Harvey County, Kansas
Halstead is a city in Harvey County, Kansas, United States. Halstead was named in honor of Murat Halstead, a respected Civil War correspondent and newspaper editor. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,179.
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2 towns share a border with Halstead.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halstead · Halstead Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | C |
| Lakin Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Halstead has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Halstead reports no FBI crime data of its own. Lakin Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Halstead Township and Halstead are one community, graded once. Compare Halstead with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.
2 notable people were born here, including Adolph Rupp and Jim Roper.