Sherlock ranks #18 in Kansas for low depression
Sherlock is ranked on 32 lists against the 158 Kansas towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 1.
Younger than 100% of Kansas
Not better or worse, just Sherlock’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Sherlock out-ranks 0 of its 1 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.
Sherlock lands in the top half on 6 of 19 lists
Each dot is Sherlock’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in KS, the right end is last. Areas where Sherlock does best come first.
3 spots from the top 25 for trails
Lists where Sherlock sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
The lists Sherlock does best on
Each list ranks every KS town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Sherlock marked.
Where Sherlock 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
#108
F
Lowest obesity#1 Fort Riley · 25%
#83
Fewest smokers#1 Mission Hills · 7%
#91
Most active#1 Fairway · 15%
#117
Fewest uninsured#1 Mission Hills · 4%
#149
Lowest depression#1 Leawood · 17%
#18
Closest to a top hospital#1 Winfield · 0.2 mi
#151 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Norton · 7.4 min
#72 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Winfield · 34.9%
Most trails#1 Iola · 2.4 mi / sq mi
#28
Most walkable#1 Roeland Park · 169 / sq mi
#157 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Oaklawn-Sunview · 0.7 yrs
#105
Cheapest rent#1 Prospect · $538/mo
#108
Lowest property tax#1 Oaklawn-Sunview · $701/yr
#103
Rent easiest to afford#1 Dodge City · 27.6%
People
Most educated#1 Mission Hills · 87.3%
#125
Youngest#1 Sherlock · 22.5
#1
M
Oldest#1 Monmouth · 54.0
#158
Most residents 65+#1 Minneha · 29.6%
#153
Most kids#1 Sherlock · 45.8%
#1 
Climate
Snowiest#1 Goodland · 30 in
#6
Least snow#1 El Dorado · 4.5 in
#153
Mildest winters#1 Garden · 25.5°
#130
Hottest summers#1 Ulysses · 93.7°
#6
Coolest summers#1 Hiawatha · 87.7°
#148
Longest growing season#1 Kansas City · 211 days
#110
Wettest#1 Frontenac · 46 in
#147 Housing
L Vacation-home towns#1 Lincoln · 11.7% #33
Most new homes#1 Maize · 31.5 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Garnett · +85.9%
#106
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 Sherlock’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.