Scott ranks #5 in Kansas for cheap rent
Scott is ranked on 29 lists against the 158 Kansas towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 1.
More year-round than 94% of Kansas
Not better or worse, just Scott’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Scott lands in the top half on 10 of 19 lists
Each dot is Scott’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in KS, the right end is last. Areas where Scott does best come first.
2 spots from the top 3 for cheap rent
Lists where Scott sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
The lists Scott does best on
Each list ranks every KS town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Scott marked.
Every KS list, and where Scott 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
#69
Cheapest rent#1 Prospect · $538/mo
#5
Lowest property tax#1 Oaklawn-Sunview · $701/yr
#69
Rent easiest to afford#1 Dodge City · 27.6%
Health
Healthiest#1 Fairway · 98 / 100
#129
F
Lowest obesity#1 Fort Riley · 25%
#58
Fewest smokers#1 Mission Hills · 7%
#110
Most active#1 Fairway · 15%
#129
Fewest uninsured#1 Mission Hills · 4%
#69
Lowest depression#1 Leawood · 17%
#72
Closest to a top hospital#1 Winfield · 0.2 mi
#142 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Norton · 7.4 min
#70 People
Most educated#1 Mission Hills · 87.3%
#76
Youngest#1 Sherlock · 22.5
#34
M
Oldest#1 Monmouth · 54.0
#126
Most residents 65+#1 Minneha · 29.6%
#98
Most kids#1 Sherlock · 45.8%
#18 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Winfield · 34.9%
#115
Most trails#1 Iola · 2.4 mi / sq mi
#89
Most walkable#1 Roeland Park · 169 / sq mi
#147 Climate
Snowiest#1 Goodland · 30 in
#132
Least snow#1 El Dorado · 4.5 in
#24
Mildest winters#1 Garden · 25.5°
Hottest summers#1 Ulysses · 93.7°
Coolest summers#1 Hiawatha · 87.7°
Longest growing season#1 Kansas City · 211 days
#11
Wettest#1 Frontenac · 46 in
Housing
L Vacation-home towns#1 Lincoln · 11.7% #149
Most new homes#1 Maize · 31.5 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Garnett · +85.9%
#27
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 Scott’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.