Best places to live in Kansas
1 Kansas metro scored on the default family weighting — schools and safety heaviest, then affordability, climate, college pipeline and jobs. Change the weights on the ranking engine to see your own order.
Who lives in Kansas
Population-weighted racial and ethnic composition across the 1 tracked Kansas metro, from Census ACS table B03002.
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 68.7%
- Hispanic or Latino
- 14.8%
- Black (non-Hispanic)
- 6.4%
- Asian (non-Hispanic)
- 3.6%
- Other or two or more
- 6.5%
Diversity index 62/100 — how evenly the population is spread across these groups. It is descriptive, not a judgement: weight it up, down or to zero on the ranking engine.
| # | Metro | Score | US rank | Typical home | Schools | Safety | Climate | Diversity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wichita | 38.5 | #92 of 103 | $226k | 7 | 6 | 21° / 92° | 62 |
Figures are compiled estimates. Methodology and sources.