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Haysville gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $210K, 3 years of the Wichita metro’s $71K median household income. It grades C overall, ranked 110th of 150 in Kansas. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 83% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Vickers Petroleum Service Station is on the National Register of Historic Places. Haysville's public schools trail 73% of Kansas towns on state tests and graduation. The biggest park or preserve is Randal L. Dorner Park, at 65 acres.
Where Haysville’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 Haysville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 5,836 in 1960, 11,262 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1956 and 5 maps from 1943 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Haysville. Close and well known come first.
11 mi Zoo & aquariumSedgwick County Zoo
6 mi MuseumKansas Aviation Museum
9 mi MuseumExploration Place13 mi Zoo & aquariumTanganyika Wildlife Park
9 mi MuseumWichita Art Museum
8 mi MuseumGreat Plains Transportation MuseumSedgwick County Zoo: Patrick Pelletier, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kansas Aviation Museum: David G. Keith, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Exploration Place: 04stx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wichita Art Museum: FUBAR007, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Great Plains Transportation Museum: Atsf3768 at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Haysville, 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 Haysville.
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 99% of Kansas towns, with expected losses of about $489 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on.
Only 1 of the 151 Kansas towns we compare have a higher FEMA risk score than Haysville. Since 1993, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Haysville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Haysville for work: only 8% work in town. Jobs based in Haysville grew to 2,279 in 2023, 228 more than in 2013. At 20 minutes, Haysville’s average trip to work is where Kansas’ towns sit at 20 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes.
| Haysville | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $68,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 8.5% | 15% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| Haysville | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 3.6% | 2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Riggs Park | 0.3 mi | 22 |
| 2. Randal L. Dorner Park | — | 65 |
| 3. Haysville Bike Trail | — | 21 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Haysville has chilly winters and hot summers. At 93°F, Haysville’s July high is above both Kansas’ towns (91°F) and U.S. towns (85°F).
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Haysville home is worth about $210,000, up 3.3% in a year, 15% below the Kansas typical home.
| Haysville | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 76% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,064 a month | $975 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Haysville's reported crime rate is below Kansas's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 20 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
| Haysville | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 12.3 per 1,000 residents | 10.9 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.7 per 1,000 residents | 2.5 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
25% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Haysville. Haysville beats the Kansas average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 39% of adults have obesity in Haysville.
| Haysville | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 72% | 77% | 79% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 31% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | Haysville | KS |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 17.4% | 14% |
| More adults with depression | 25.2% | 20.8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.5% | 11.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
5 within 15 miles of the center of Haysville
About 4 of every 100 Haysville residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
City in Sedgwick County, Kansas
Haysville is a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States, and a southern suburb of Wichita. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 11,262. Haysville was known as the "Peach Capital of Kansas".
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2 towns share a border with Haysville.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haysville | #110 | C | B | — | C | C+ |
| Riverside Township | #109 | C | B+ | — | C+ | C |
| Wichita | #149 | D | B | D− | D | C+ |
Haysville and Riverside Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Haysville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Haysville grades C overall, better than 27% of U.S. towns and #110 of 150 in Kansas. It grades C+ for health and C for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
