How Halstead compares across Kansas
Halstead is ranked on 34 lists against the 158 Kansas towns with 2,500+ residents.
More year-round than 100% of Kansas
Not better or worse, just Halstead’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Halstead lands in the top half on 7 of 21 lists
Each dot is Halstead’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in KS, the right end is last. Areas where Halstead does best come first.
Every KS list, and where Halstead 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
Most walkable#1 Roeland Park · 169 / sq mi
#49 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Oaklawn-Sunview · 0.7 yrs
#62
Cheapest rent#1 Prospect · $538/mo
#47
Lowest property tax#1 Oaklawn-Sunview · $701/yr
#67
Rent easiest to afford#1 Dodge City · 27.6%
Health
Healthiest#1 Fairway · 98 / 100
#123
F
Lowest obesity#1 Fort Riley · 25%
#83
Fewest smokers#1 Mission Hills · 7%
#110
Most active#1 Fairway · 15%
#129
Fewest uninsured#1 Mission Hills · 4%
#93
Lowest depression#1 Leawood · 17%
#109
Closest to a top hospital#1 Winfield · 0.2 mi
#61 Housing
L Vacation-home towns#1 Lincoln · 11.7% #158
Most new homes#1 Maize · 31.5 per 1,000
#63
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Garnett · +85.9%
#58
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Edwardsville · 15.1 per home
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Girard · 20.0 per resident
#52
Most library borrowing#1 Hesston · 20.9 per resident
#40
Best libraries for kids#1 Hesston · 40.7 per child
#55 
People
Most educated#1 Mission Hills · 87.3%
#110
Youngest#1 Sherlock · 22.5
#95
M
Oldest#1 Monmouth · 54.0
#69
Most residents 65+#1 Minneha · 29.6%
#20
Most kids#1 Sherlock · 45.8%
#29 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Norton · 7.4 min
#124 
Climate
Snowiest#1 Goodland · 30 in
#123
Least snow#1 El Dorado · 4.5 in
#33
Mildest winters#1 Garden · 25.5°
#62
Hottest summers#1 Ulysses · 93.7°
#35
Coolest summers#1 Hiawatha · 87.7°
#123
Longest growing season#1 Kansas City · 211 days
#70
Wettest#1 Frontenac · 46 in
#117 Safety
Safest#1 Ulysses · 5.6
The number on the right is Halstead’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.