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A town of 2,002, settled in 1870. 33% more library visits per person than the typical Kansas town.
Trash day: ThursdayWellsville’s best subject grade is an A− for civic life. Wellsville’s average trip to work is 29 minutes, where Kansas’ towns sit at 20 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Wellsville Bank Building is on the National Register of Historic Places. Wellsville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Wellsville beats most towns.
Where Wellsville’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 Wellsville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2004.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wellsville, 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 Wellsville.
The typical Wellsville home is worth about $349,000, up 7.3% in a year, 42% above the Kansas typical home. At $1,247 a month, Wellsville’s median rent is above Kansas’ towns ($975 a month) and close to U.S. towns ($1,185 a month).
| Wellsville | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,247 a month | $975 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 70% | 72% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most working residents leave Wellsville for work: only 9% work in town. Jobs based in Wellsville grew to 496 in 2023, 91 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Olathe (15%), Overland Park (8%) and Lenexa (6%).
| Wellsville | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 8.8% | 15% | 8% |
| Median household income | $84,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 8% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 11% | 8.7% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Wellsville has chilly winters and warm summers. Wellsville’s July high is 89°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Wellsville's reported crime rate is well below Kansas's. The property crime rate in Wellsville is 6.8 per 1,000 residents. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts.
| Wellsville | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 6.8 per 1,000 residents | 13.6 | 11.5 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 1 per 1,000 residents | 2.3 | 1.7 |
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to police
Wellsville tracks Kansas closely on all 32 CDC measures. 33% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Wellsville.
| Wellsville | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 35% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 77% | 79% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 11% | 12% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 58% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Saddle Club Park | — | 14 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wellsville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaArrowhead Stadium
40 mi Stadium & arenaKauffman Stadium
39 mi Stadium & arenaCPKC Stadium
38 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Center
35 mi MuseumThe Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
31 mi Stadium & arenaSporting ParkArrowhead Stadium: Ichabod, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kauffman Stadium: Mysteryman28, Public domain · CPKC Stadium: elisfkc2, CC BY-SA 2.0 · T-Mobile Center: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: User:Charvex, Public domain · Sporting Park: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Wellsville
About 3 of every 100 Wellsville residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
5 notable people were born in Wellsville.
City in Franklin County, Kansas
Wellsville is a city in Franklin County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,953.
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2 towns share a border with Wellsville.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellsville | — | — | C+ | — | B− | B |
| Franklin Township | #68 | B | C+ | — | B− | B |
| Richland Township | — | — | C− | — | B+ | B+ |
Wellsville and Richland Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Wellsville, Franklin Township and Richland Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Wellsville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
33% more library visits per person than the typical Kansas town.
That is 4.5 years of the area's median household income ($77,207 across the Ottawa, KS 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+.
5 notable people were born here, including Bill Grigsby and Elizabeth Layton.
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