Emma ranks #12 in Kansas for cheap rent
Emma is ranked on 34 lists against the 158 Kansas towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 6.
More seniors than 98% of Kansas
Not better or worse, just Emma’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Emma does best on
Each list ranks every KS town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Emma marked.
2 spots from the top 10 for cheap rent
Lists where Emma sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Emma lands in the top half on 14 of 20 lists
Each dot is Emma’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in KS, the right end is last. Areas where Emma does best come first.
Emma out-ranks every neighbor it can be compared with
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Where Emma lands in every KS ranking
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Health
Healthiest#1 Fairway · 98 / 100
#55
F
Lowest obesity#1 Fort Riley · 25%
#29
Fewest smokers#1 Mission Hills · 7%
#33
Most active#1 Fairway · 15%
#76
Fewest uninsured#1 Mission Hills · 4%
#40
Lowest depression#1 Leawood · 17%
#18
Closest to a top hospital#1 Winfield · 0.2 mi
#58 People
Most educated#1 Mission Hills · 87.3%
#29
Youngest#1 Sherlock · 22.5
#152
M
Oldest#1 Monmouth · 54.0
#7
Most residents 65+#1 Minneha · 29.6%
#4
Most kids#1 Sherlock · 45.8%
#73 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Norton · 7.4 min
#51 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Oaklawn-Sunview · 0.7 yrs
#91
Cheapest rent#1 Prospect · $538/mo
#12
Lowest property tax#1 Oaklawn-Sunview · $701/yr
#111
Rent easiest to afford#1 Dodge City · 27.6%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Winfield · 34.9%
#123
Most trails#1 Iola · 2.4 mi / sq mi
#82
Most walkable#1 Roeland Park · 169 / sq mi
#131 
Climate
Snowiest#1 Goodland · 30 in
#88
Least snow#1 El Dorado · 4.5 in
#70
Mildest winters#1 Garden · 25.5°
#64
Hottest summers#1 Ulysses · 93.7°
#53
Coolest summers#1 Hiawatha · 87.7°
#102
Longest growing season#1 Kansas City · 211 days
#70
Wettest#1 Frontenac · 46 in
#115 Housing
L Vacation-home towns#1 Lincoln · 11.7% #120
Most new homes#1 Maize · 31.5 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Garnett · +85.9%
#85
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Edwardsville · 15.1 per home
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 Emma’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.