Ranked for Walkable City Living
Best Places to Live in Kansas for Walkable City Living
Dense, walkable, connected, diverse metros Ranked by how well each place fits the Walkable City Living profile across cost, schools, climate, and safety — see how we score.
Top 16 places
- #1LenexaPopulation 57,497 · mixed overall livability100% match
- #2Overland ParkPopulation 196,676 · mixed overall livability81% match
- #3LawrencePopulation 95,103 · mixed overall livability81% match
- #4ManhattanPopulation 54,287 · solid overall livability81% match
- #5Kansas CityPopulation 155,438 · mixed overall livability69% match
- #6TopekaPopulation 126,431 · mixed overall livability69% match
- #7LeawoodPopulation 33,784 · mixed overall livability69% match
- #8OlathePopulation 142,114 · mixed overall livability67% match
- #9Garden CityPopulation 27,933 · mixed overall livability64% match
- #10WichitaPopulation 395,951 · mixed overall livability58% match
- #11SalinaPopulation 46,734 · mixed overall livability50% match
- #12HutchinsonPopulation 39,995 · mixed overall livability50% match
- #13ShawneePopulation 67,671 · mixed overall livability44% match
- #14LeavenworthPopulation 37,193 · mixed overall livability42% match
- #15Dodge CityPopulation 27,721 · mixed overall livability42% match
- #16DerbyPopulation 25,551 · mixed overall livability28% 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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