Lenexa makes Kansas’s top 10 on 8 lists
Lenexa is ranked on 35 lists against the 158 Kansas towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 8 and the top quarter on 16.
The lists Lenexa does best on
Each list ranks every KS town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Lenexa marked.
1 spot from the top 10 for conserved land
Lists where Lenexa sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Lenexa lands in the top half on 19 of 22 lists
Each dot is Lenexa’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in KS, the right end is last. Areas where Lenexa does best come first.
Longer growing season than 89% of Kansas
Not better or worse, just Lenexa’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Lenexa out-ranks 3 of its 4 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 Lenexa 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
#9
F
Lowest obesity#1 Fort Riley · 25%
#10
Fewest smokers#1 Mission Hills · 7%
#6
Most active#1 Fairway · 15%
#7
Fewest uninsured#1 Mission Hills · 4%
#13
Lowest depression#1 Leawood · 17%
#9
Closest to a top hospital#1 Winfield · 0.2 mi
#31 People
Most educated#1 Mission Hills · 87.3%
#8
Youngest#1 Sherlock · 22.5
#68
M
Oldest#1 Monmouth · 54.0
#90
Most residents 65+#1 Minneha · 29.6%
#95
Most kids#1 Sherlock · 45.8%
#111 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Winfield · 34.9%
#11
Most trails#1 Iola · 2.4 mi / sq mi
#41
Most walkable#1 Roeland Park · 169 / sq mi
#36 Housing
L Vacation-home towns#1 Lincoln · 11.7% #55
Most new homes#1 Maize · 31.5 per 1,000
#18
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Garnett · +85.9%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Edwardsville · 15.1 per home
#21 Safety
Safest#1 Ulysses · 5.6
#27 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Norton · 7.4 min
#74 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Oaklawn-Sunview · 0.7 yrs
#149
Cheapest rent#1 Prospect · $538/mo
#143
Lowest property tax#1 Oaklawn-Sunview · $701/yr
#146
Rent easiest to afford#1 Dodge City · 27.6%
#7 
The number on the right is Lenexa’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.