Ranked for Affordable Living
Best Places to Live in Kansas for Affordable Living
Low cost of living, rent, home prices, and total tax burden Ranked by how well each place fits the Affordable Living profile across cost, schools, climate, and safety — see how we score.
Top 16 places
- #1SalinaPopulation 46,734 · mixed overall livability66% match
- #2TopekaPopulation 126,431 · mixed overall livability54% match
- #3HutchinsonPopulation 39,995 · mixed overall livability54% match
- #4Dodge CityPopulation 27,721 · mixed overall livability46% match
- #5DerbyPopulation 25,551 · mixed overall livability43% match
- #6Kansas CityPopulation 155,438 · mixed overall livability34% match
- #7WichitaPopulation 395,951 · mixed overall livability31% match
- #8ManhattanPopulation 54,287 · solid overall livability31% match
- #9Overland ParkPopulation 196,676 · mixed overall livability11% match
- #10OlathePopulation 142,114 · mixed overall livability11% match
- #11LawrencePopulation 95,103 · mixed overall livability11% match
- #12ShawneePopulation 67,671 · mixed overall livability11% match
- #13LenexaPopulation 57,497 · mixed overall livability11% match
- #14LeavenworthPopulation 37,193 · mixed overall livability11% match
- #15LeawoodPopulation 33,784 · mixed overall livability11% match
- #16Garden CityPopulation 27,933 · mixed overall livability11% match
Match % is a range-based fit: the share of this profile's weighted factors whose value for a place lands inside the profile's preferred band. It is not an absolute quality score, and very small communities are excluded from this list.
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