Liberal makes Kansas’s top 10 on 2 lists
Liberal is ranked on 40 lists against the 158 Kansas towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 2 and the top quarter on 3.
Liberal is on Kansas’s podium 2 times
Each list ranks every KS town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Liberal marked.
Hotter summers than 99% of Kansas
Not better or worse, just Liberal’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Liberal lands in the top half on 10 of 26 lists
Each dot is Liberal’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in KS, the right end is last. Areas where Liberal does best come first.
Where Liberal 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.
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Norton · 7.4 min
#25 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Oaklawn-Sunview · 0.7 yrs
#40
Cheapest rent#1 Prospect · $538/mo
#66
Lowest property tax#1 Oaklawn-Sunview · $701/yr
#63
Rent easiest to afford#1 Dodge City · 27.6%
#3 Health
Healthiest#1 Fairway · 98 / 100
#145
F
Lowest obesity#1 Fort Riley · 25%
#147
Fewest smokers#1 Mission Hills · 7%
#91
Most active#1 Fairway · 15%
#156
Fewest uninsured#1 Mission Hills · 4%
#157
Lowest depression#1 Leawood · 17%
#3
Closest to a top hospital#1 Winfield · 0.2 mi
#112 Safety
Safest#1 Ulysses · 5.6
#30 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Winfield · 34.9%
#68
Most trails#1 Iola · 2.4 mi / sq mi
#36
Most walkable#1 Roeland Park · 169 / sq mi
#79 
Housing
L Vacation-home towns#1 Lincoln · 11.7% #34
Most new homes#1 Maize · 31.5 per 1,000
#78
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Garnett · +85.9%
#115
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Edwardsville · 15.1 per home
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Girard · 20.0 per resident
#49
Most library borrowing#1 Hesston · 20.9 per resident
#67
Best libraries for kids#1 Hesston · 40.7 per child
#69 
The number on the right is Liberal’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.