Prospect is #1 in Kansas for cheap rent
Prospect is ranked on 30 lists against the 158 Kansas towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 2.
A podium finish, and more
Each list ranks every KS town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Prospect marked.
Fewer kids than 100% of Kansas
Not better or worse, just Prospect’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Prospect lands in the top half on 4 of 17 lists
Each dot is Prospect’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in KS, the right end is last. Areas where Prospect does best come first.
1 spot from the top 25 for conserved land
Lists where Prospect sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Prospect out-ranks 0 of its 2 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.
Every KS list, and where Prospect lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Oaklawn-Sunview · 0.7 yrs
#81
Cheapest rent#1 Prospect · $538/mo
#1
Lowest property tax#1 Oaklawn-Sunview · $701/yr
#77
Rent easiest to afford#1 Dodge City · 27.6%
Health
Healthiest#1 Fairway · 98 / 100
#127
F
Lowest obesity#1 Fort Riley · 25%
#132
Fewest smokers#1 Mission Hills · 7%
#110
Most active#1 Fairway · 15%
#84
Fewest uninsured#1 Mission Hills · 4%
#93
Lowest depression#1 Leawood · 17%
#72
Closest to a top hospital#1 Winfield · 0.2 mi
#127 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Winfield · 34.9%
#26
Most trails#1 Iola · 2.4 mi / sq mi
#90
Most walkable#1 Roeland Park · 169 / sq mi
#158 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Norton · 7.4 min
#153 People
Most educated#1 Mission Hills · 87.3%
#157
Youngest#1 Sherlock · 22.5
#106
M
Oldest#1 Monmouth · 54.0
#55
Most residents 65+#1 Minneha · 29.6%
#106
Most kids#1 Sherlock · 45.8%
#158 Climate
Snowiest#1 Goodland · 30 in
#54
Least snow#1 El Dorado · 4.5 in
#105
Mildest winters#1 Garden · 25.5°
#58
Hottest summers#1 Ulysses · 93.7°
#84
Coolest summers#1 Hiawatha · 87.7°
#69
Longest growing season#1 Kansas City · 211 days
#70
Wettest#1 Frontenac · 46 in
#55 Housing
L Vacation-home towns#1 Lincoln · 11.7% #157
Most new homes#1 Maize · 31.5 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Garnett · +85.9%
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 Prospect’s spot. All of Kansas’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
Do the numbers ring true?
The lists count what can be counted. Neighbors know the rest.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
- 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.