Cheney ranks #5 in Kansas for trails
Cheney is ranked on 31 lists against the 158 Kansas towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 1.
More year-round than 98% of Kansas
Not better or worse, just Cheney’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Cheney lands in the top half on 13 of 18 lists
Each dot is Cheney’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in KS, the right end is last. Areas where Cheney does best come first.
2 spots from the top 3 for trails
Lists where Cheney sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
The lists Cheney does best on
Each list ranks every KS town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Cheney marked.
Every KS list, and where Cheney lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Winfield · 34.9%
Most trails#1 Iola · 2.4 mi / sq mi
#5
Most walkable#1 Roeland Park · 169 / sq mi
#78 Health
Healthiest#1 Fairway · 98 / 100
#73
F
Lowest obesity#1 Fort Riley · 25%
#58
Fewest smokers#1 Mission Hills · 7%
#70
Most active#1 Fairway · 15%
#60
Fewest uninsured#1 Mission Hills · 4%
#40
Lowest depression#1 Leawood · 17%
#138
Closest to a top hospital#1 Winfield · 0.2 mi
#93 People
Most educated#1 Mission Hills · 87.3%
#67
Youngest#1 Sherlock · 22.5
#64
M
Oldest#1 Monmouth · 54.0
#97
Most residents 65+#1 Minneha · 29.6%
#91
Most kids#1 Sherlock · 45.8%
#26 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Oaklawn-Sunview · 0.7 yrs
#68
Cheapest rent#1 Prospect · $538/mo
#94
Lowest property tax#1 Oaklawn-Sunview · $701/yr
#66
Rent easiest to afford#1 Dodge City · 27.6%
Housing
L Vacation-home towns#1 Lincoln · 11.7% #155
Most new homes#1 Maize · 31.5 per 1,000
#56
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Garnett · +85.9%
#15
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Edwardsville · 15.1 per home
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Norton · 7.4 min
#133 Climate
Snowiest#1 Goodland · 30 in
#153
Least snow#1 El Dorado · 4.5 in
#5
Mildest winters#1 Garden · 25.5°
#49
Hottest summers#1 Ulysses · 93.7°
#10
Coolest summers#1 Hiawatha · 87.7°
#144
Longest growing season#1 Kansas City · 211 days
#26
Wettest#1 Frontenac · 46 in
#118 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Girard · 20.0 per resident
Most library borrowing#1 Hesston · 20.9 per resident
Best libraries for kids#1 Hesston · 40.7 per child
Safety
Safest#1 Ulysses · 5.6
The number on the right is Cheney’s spot. All of Kansas’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every KS list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.