How Towanda compares across Kansas
Towanda is ranked on 32 lists against the 158 Kansas towns with 2,500+ residents.
More year-round than 97% of Kansas
Not better or worse, just Towanda’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Towanda lands in the top half on 4 of 19 lists
Each dot is Towanda’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in KS, the right end is last. Areas where Towanda does best come first.
The lists Towanda does best on
Each list ranks every KS town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Towanda marked.
Where Towanda 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
#89
F
Lowest obesity#1 Fort Riley · 25%
#119
Fewest smokers#1 Mission Hills · 7%
#91
Most active#1 Fairway · 15%
#60
Fewest uninsured#1 Mission Hills · 4%
#40
Lowest depression#1 Leawood · 17%
#72
Closest to a top hospital#1 Winfield · 0.2 mi
#98 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Oaklawn-Sunview · 0.7 yrs
#63
Cheapest rent#1 Prospect · $538/mo
#113
Lowest property tax#1 Oaklawn-Sunview · $701/yr
#81
Rent easiest to afford#1 Dodge City · 27.6%
People
Most educated#1 Mission Hills · 87.3%
#93
Youngest#1 Sherlock · 22.5
#103
M
Oldest#1 Monmouth · 54.0
#56
Most residents 65+#1 Minneha · 29.6%
#99
Most kids#1 Sherlock · 45.8%
#45 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Norton · 7.4 min
#103 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Winfield · 34.9%
Most trails#1 Iola · 2.4 mi / sq mi
#103
Most walkable#1 Roeland Park · 169 / sq mi
#148 Climate
Snowiest#1 Goodland · 30 in
#127
Least snow#1 El Dorado · 4.5 in
#28
Mildest winters#1 Garden · 25.5°
#51
Hottest summers#1 Ulysses · 93.7°
#68
Coolest summers#1 Hiawatha · 87.7°
#85
Longest growing season#1 Kansas City · 211 days
#70
Wettest#1 Frontenac · 46 in
#71 Housing
L Vacation-home towns#1 Lincoln · 11.7% #154
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 Towanda’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.
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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.