Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
2.1 times the library visits per person than the typical Kansas town. A town settled in 1863, now home to 6,208 people.
Trash day: look up yoursGood on most counts; one lags. Its best grade is for safety: it reports less crime per resident than nearly four fifths of U.S. towns. Add health to its strengths (B+): residents are healthier than 67% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The catch is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $379K, 4.5 years of the Kansas City metro’s $83K median household income. Put together, the subjects come to a B overall, ranking 64th of 150 in Kansas. It comes out better than just over three fifths of U.S. towns. Tonganoxie's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) is stronger than in 90% of U.S. towns. Only 6 of the 151 Kansas towns we compare have a higher mean commuting time than Tonganoxie.
Figures: FBI crime data, 2025 · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24.
Where Tonganoxie beats most towns.
4,996 counted in 2010 and 5,573 in 2020; an estimated 6,208 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 11.5% since 2020, after 11.5% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Tonganoxie is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 426 in 1880, 5,573 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 2 maps from 1951 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Tonganoxie, 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 Tonganoxie.
Tonganoxie fares better on crime within Kansas than nationally and has hotter summers than most of the country, though not than most of Kansas; it also has commutes longer than most of Kansas.
Home values are up 4.5% over the year to September 2026. On the market in Tonganoxie: a median 23 days to sell. The rent at the middle of the market for Tonganoxie comes to $1,224 a month, above the Kansas town median ($975 a month) and near the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month).
| Tonganoxie | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 68% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,224 a month | $975 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
At 8.6 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 94% of Kansas’s graded towns. Violent crime is rare: 5 reported in 2025, 0.8 per 1,000 residents.
The level of property crime for Tonganoxie comes to 2.5 per 1,000 residents, where Kansas’ towns sit at 11.1 and U.S. towns at 9.9. Its level of violent crime is 0.8 per 1,000 residents.
| Tonganoxie | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.5 per 1,000 residents | 11.1 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.8 per 1,000 residents | 2.5 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The average commute for its 2,741 working residents takes 30.8 minutes, against 19.7 across Kansas. Jobs based here grew from 973 in 2013 to 1,302.
Tonganoxie’s mean commuting time comes in at 31 minutes. Most people who work leave Tonganoxie to do it: just 12% work in town. Also worth knowing: since 2013, Tonganoxie has added 329 jobs, to 1,302 in 2023. Among residents locally, 13% live below the poverty line.
| Tonganoxie | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 15% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
For adults in Tonganoxie, the share who worry about having enough food is 10%. 32% of adults locally have high blood pressure; 39% have obesity.
| Tonganoxie | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 31% | 33% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 35% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Tonganoxie | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.1% | 13% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.7% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
July afternoons average 89.1°: hotter than most of the country, but cooler than 87% of Kansas places with climate records; January nights average 19.7°.
About 12 inches of snow falls in a winter. Its peak summer temperature is 89°F.
| Tonganoxie | 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
Paid flood insurance claims in Tonganoxie since 1990: 4. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 56% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 45% come from inland flooding and 19% from tornadoes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Tonganoxie is growing: up 11% since 2020, to 6,208 residents (2025 estimate). The age mix tracks Kansas closely: no broad group is more than 4 points off. In Tonganoxie, nearly two in five adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Tonganoxie | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 39% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 36.8 years | 38.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 23% | 24% | 22% |
46% women, 54% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5 points. Across Kansas, 49.8% of residents are women.
| Tonganoxie | KS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.5% | 12.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.7% | 11.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10% | 10.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14% | 12.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.7% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 8.8% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.6% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.7% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 1.9% | 8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 35.4% | 25.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.1% | 21.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 4.2% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.1% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.3% | 13.4% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Tonganoxie. Close and well known come first.
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaArrowhead Stadium
33 mi Park & preserveSubTropolis
32 mi Stadium & arenaKauffman Stadium
32 mi Theme parkWorlds of Fun
14 mi Stadium & arenaSporting Park
28 mi Stadium & arenaCPKC StadiumArrowhead Stadium: Ichabod, CC BY-SA 3.0 · SubTropolis: ErgoSum88, Public domain · Kauffman Stadium: Mysteryman28, Public domain · Worlds of Fun: Tkexb173 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sporting Park: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · CPKC Stadium: elisfkc2, CC BY-SA 2.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Tonganoxie
About 8 of every 100 Tonganoxie residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Kansas.
Where Tonganoxie’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
3 notable people were born in Tonganoxie.
City in Kansas, United States
Tonganoxie (pronounced tong-gə-NOCK-see) is a city in Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 5,573.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Tonganoxie grades B overall, better than 61% of U.S. towns and #64 of 150 in Kansas. It grades B+ for health, A− for safety and B− for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
3 notable people were born here, including Danni Boatwright and Roy Zimmerman.
.jpg){kind=link}