Fairmount is #1 in Kansas for graduation rate
Fairmount is ranked on 33 lists against the 158 Kansas towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 3 and the top quarter on 7.
A podium finish, and more
Each list ranks every KS town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Fairmount marked.
Fairmount lands in the top half on 11 of 20 lists
Each dot is Fairmount’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in KS, the right end is last. Areas where Fairmount does best come first.
Cooler summers than 90% of Kansas
Not better or worse, just Fairmount’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
4 spots from the top 3 for household income
Lists where Fairmount sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Fairmount out-ranks 0 of its 1 ranked neighbors
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 Fairmount 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.
People
Most educated#1 Mission Hills · 87.3%
#35
Youngest#1 Sherlock · 22.5
#119
M
Oldest#1 Monmouth · 54.0
#38
Most residents 65+#1 Minneha · 29.6%
#42
Most kids#1 Sherlock · 45.8%
#67 Health
Healthiest#1 Fairway · 98 / 100
#62
F
Lowest obesity#1 Fort Riley · 25%
#104
Fewest smokers#1 Mission Hills · 7%
#53
Most active#1 Fairway · 15%
#45
Fewest uninsured#1 Mission Hills · 4%
#40
Lowest depression#1 Leawood · 17%
#34
Closest to a top hospital#1 Winfield · 0.2 mi
#97 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Winfield · 34.9%
#124
Most trails#1 Iola · 2.4 mi / sq mi
#71
Most walkable#1 Roeland Park · 169 / sq mi
#111 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Oaklawn-Sunview · 0.7 yrs
#146
Cheapest rent#1 Prospect · $538/mo
#130
Lowest property tax#1 Oaklawn-Sunview · $701/yr
#147
Rent easiest to afford#1 Dodge City · 27.6%
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Norton · 7.4 min
#141 Climate
Snowiest#1 Goodland · 30 in
#78
Least snow#1 El Dorado · 4.5 in
#72
Mildest winters#1 Garden · 25.5°
#95
Hottest summers#1 Ulysses · 93.7°
#136
Coolest summers#1 Hiawatha · 87.7°
#16
Longest growing season#1 Kansas City · 211 days
#103
Wettest#1 Frontenac · 46 in
#40 Housing
L Vacation-home towns#1 Lincoln · 11.7% #76
Most new homes#1 Maize · 31.5 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Garnett · +85.9%
#25
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 Fairmount’s spot. All of Kansas’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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The lists count what can be counted. Neighbors know the rest.
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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.