Lindsborg ranks #6 in Kansas for fewest smokers
Lindsborg is ranked on 37 lists against the 158 Kansas towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 9.
Fewer homes per newcomer than 95% of Kansas
Not better or worse, just Lindsborg’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Lindsborg does best on
Each list ranks every KS town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Lindsborg marked.
1 spot from the top 25 for new homes
Lists where Lindsborg sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Lindsborg lands in the top half on 18 of 23 lists
Each dot is Lindsborg’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in KS, the right end is last. Areas where Lindsborg does best come first.
Where Lindsborg 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
#20
F
Lowest obesity#1 Fort Riley · 25%
#22
Fewest smokers#1 Mission Hills · 7%
#6
Most active#1 Fairway · 15%
#60
Fewest uninsured#1 Mission Hills · 4%
#13
Lowest depression#1 Leawood · 17%
#34
Closest to a top hospital#1 Winfield · 0.2 mi
#143 People
Most educated#1 Mission Hills · 87.3%
#25
Youngest#1 Sherlock · 22.5
#46
M
Oldest#1 Monmouth · 54.0
#113
Most residents 65+#1 Minneha · 29.6%
#32
Most kids#1 Sherlock · 45.8%
#146 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Norton · 7.4 min
#35 Housing
L Vacation-home towns#1 Lincoln · 11.7% #20
Most new homes#1 Maize · 31.5 per 1,000
#26
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Garnett · +85.9%
#98
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Edwardsville · 15.1 per home
#3 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Winfield · 34.9%
#92
Most trails#1 Iola · 2.4 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Roeland Park · 169 / sq mi
#31 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Oaklawn-Sunview · 0.7 yrs
#77
Cheapest rent#1 Prospect · $538/mo
#87
Lowest property tax#1 Oaklawn-Sunview · $701/yr
#78
Rent easiest to afford#1 Dodge City · 27.6%
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Girard · 20.0 per resident
#44
Most library borrowing#1 Hesston · 20.9 per resident
#39
Best libraries for kids#1 Hesston · 40.7 per child
#31 Climate
Snowiest#1 Goodland · 30 in
#38
Least snow#1 El Dorado · 4.5 in
#120
Mildest winters#1 Garden · 25.5°
#93
Hottest summers#1 Ulysses · 93.7°
#13
Coolest summers#1 Hiawatha · 87.7°
#138
Longest growing season#1 Kansas City · 211 days
#110
Wettest#1 Frontenac · 46 in
#124 Safety
Safest#1 Ulysses · 5.6
The number on the right is Lindsborg’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.