Park ranks #4 in Kansas for growth
Park is ranked on 31 lists against the 158 Kansas towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 9.
The lists Park does best on
Each list ranks every KS town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Park marked.
1 spot from the top 3 for growth
Lists where Park sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Park lands in the top half on 11 of 18 lists
Each dot is Park’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in KS, the right end is last. Areas where Park does best come first.
Fewer seniors than 90% of Kansas
Not better or worse, just Park’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Where Park 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
#23
F
Lowest obesity#1 Fort Riley · 25%
#29
Fewest smokers#1 Mission Hills · 7%
#18
Most active#1 Fairway · 15%
#17
Fewest uninsured#1 Mission Hills · 4%
#40
Lowest depression#1 Leawood · 17%
#109
Closest to a top hospital#1 Winfield · 0.2 mi
#38 
People
Most educated#1 Mission Hills · 87.3%
#34
Youngest#1 Sherlock · 22.5
#91
M
Oldest#1 Monmouth · 54.0
#65
Most residents 65+#1 Minneha · 29.6%
#142
Most kids#1 Sherlock · 45.8%
#23 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Norton · 7.4 min
#52 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Winfield · 34.9%
Most trails#1 Iola · 2.4 mi / sq mi
#96
Most walkable#1 Roeland Park · 169 / sq mi
#116 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Oaklawn-Sunview · 0.7 yrs
#125
Cheapest rent#1 Prospect · $538/mo
#137
Lowest property tax#1 Oaklawn-Sunview · $701/yr
#139
Rent easiest to afford#1 Dodge City · 27.6%
Climate
Snowiest#1 Goodland · 30 in
#57
Least snow#1 El Dorado · 4.5 in
#88
Mildest winters#1 Garden · 25.5°
#45
Hottest summers#1 Ulysses · 93.7°
#30
Coolest summers#1 Hiawatha · 87.7°
#118
Longest growing season#1 Kansas City · 211 days
#32
Wettest#1 Frontenac · 46 in
#106 Housing
L Vacation-home towns#1 Lincoln · 11.7% #95
Most new homes#1 Maize · 31.5 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Garnett · +85.9%
#57
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 Park’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.