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Best Places to Live in Kansas for Outdoor Lovers

Public land, clean air, small towns, sunny and mild Ranked by how well each place fits the Outdoor Lovers profile across cost, schools, climate, and safety — see how we score.

Top 16 places

  1. #1Garden CityPopulation 27,933 · mixed overall livability79% match
  2. #2Dodge CityPopulation 27,721 · mixed overall livability69% match
  3. #3OlathePopulation 142,114 · mixed overall livability67% match
  4. #4LawrencePopulation 95,103 · mixed overall livability67% match
  5. #5ManhattanPopulation 54,287 · solid overall livability67% match
  6. #6TopekaPopulation 126,431 · mixed overall livability56% match
  7. #7ShawneePopulation 67,671 · mixed overall livability56% match
  8. #8DerbyPopulation 25,551 · mixed overall livability51% match
  9. #9Overland ParkPopulation 196,676 · mixed overall livability46% match
  10. #10LenexaPopulation 57,497 · mixed overall livability46% match
  11. #11SalinaPopulation 46,734 · mixed overall livability44% match
  12. #12WichitaPopulation 395,951 · mixed overall livability41% match
  13. #13LeavenworthPopulation 37,193 · mixed overall livability41% match
  14. #14Kansas CityPopulation 155,438 · mixed overall livability36% match
  15. #15LeawoodPopulation 33,784 · mixed overall livability36% match
  16. #16HutchinsonPopulation 39,995 · mixed overall livability21% 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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