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Larned gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $108K for a typical one, or 1.7 years of the county’s $64K median household income. It grades C− overall, ranked 118th of 150 in Kansas. On the plus side, 8% of its land is conserved. Larned's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) is stronger than in 93% of U.S. towns. Larned has 4 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Ooten House and Patterson House. Among 151 Kansas towns, just 6 have a higher share of residents 65 or older than Larned.
Where Larned beats most towns.
Babbitt-Doerr HouseEach subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Larned is from typical.
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Census counts: 1,066 in 1880, 3,769 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 1914 and 4 maps from 1889 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Larned, 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 Larned.
Larned fares better on crime within Kansas than nationally, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has homes that are cheap against local pay.
At 1.7 years of the county’s $64K median household income, the typical home (about $108K) costs less against local pay than in 94% of Kansas towns; that ratio is one input to its A− for cost of living. Home values rose 54% in five years, to about $108K, against 30% across Kansas.
59% of Larned households own their home, below both the Kansas town median (72%) and the median of U.S. towns (73%). Larned’s median rent is $764 a month. Typical home values rose 4.8% in the year to September 2026.
| Larned | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 59% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $764 a month | $977 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its public schools are run by the Ft Larned school district. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Larned Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 431 | A− |
| Larned Sr HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 234 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KS on state tests and graduation
Jobs based here fell from 2,303 in 2013 to 985.
About one in 4 of Larned’s working residents works in town. Jobs based in Larned fell to 985 in 2023, 1,318 fewer than in 2013. 14% of Larned residents live below the poverty line, against 9.1% in Kansas’ towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns.
| Larned | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 24% | 15% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $56,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 29.1 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 58% of Kansas’s graded towns.
The violent crime rate in Larned is 5.6 per 1,000 residents.
| Larned | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 5.6 per 1,000 residents | 2.5 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 14.1 per 1,000 residents | 10.9 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Larned has chilly winters and hot summers. July afternoons reach 92°, January nights drop to 20° and about 12 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 7,629 U.S. towns with household incomes like Larned’s, it is healthier than 61%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
Larned beats the Kansas average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 11. 31% of adults get no exercise outside work in Larned.
| Larned | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 26% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Larned | KS |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 81% | 77.6% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 16.9% | 11.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 65% of U.S. communities. Since 1989, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Larned.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.5 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. Among 144 Kansas towns, just 9 have a higher share of conserved land than Larned. The biggest park or preserve is Jordan Park, at 81 acres.
| Larned | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 8.1% | 2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Jordan Park | — | 81 |
| 2. Schnack-Lowery Park | — | 31 |
| 3. Doerr Vernon Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Larned; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Larned residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
5 notable people were born in Larned.
City in Pawnee County, Kansas
Larned is a city in and the county seat of Pawnee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 3,769.
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2 towns share a border with Larned.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larned · Larned Township | #118 | C− | A− | C | C | C |
| Pleasant Grove Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Pleasant Grove Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Larned Township and Larned are one community, graded once. Compare Larned with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Larned grades C− overall, better than 24% of U.S. towns and #118 of 150 in Kansas. It grades C for health, C for safety and C for schools.
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−.
5 notable people were born here, including Gene Keady and Dale Burnett.
