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Kansas

Kansas local intelligence hub with statewide signal reads, city briefs, tract pages, and curated local context. Start here for the statewide pattern, then move into the specific markets shaping it.

Violent crime
3.9 / 1k
Violent crime has declined 2% since 2021.
Median income
$82,140
Median household income has increased 29% since 2019.
Market rent
$1,337
Market rent has increased 32% since 2019. Rent here is ZIP-derived market context.
Population
2,947,197
Kansas covered by 829 underlying areas.
Signals

What Kansas is signaling right now

Four scored signals show quality, momentum, safety, and investor upside without loading the full app payload.

Safety

54/100

Scores in the 54th percentile for lower violent crime relative to its peer set. Higher scores indicate safer conditions based on the current violent-crime rate.

Momentum

50/100

Development activity lands around the 50th percentile once permit intensity is normalized by household base — a forward-looking signal for neighborhood improvement trajectory.

Quality

57/100

Retail discovery mix places this area around the 57th percentile — curated premium-versus-value retail tagging, openings, and category mix are used to summarize commercial quality.

Investor Upside

53/100

Forward-looking composite places this area in the 53rd percentile — a weighted blend of development momentum and retail quality signaling medium-term investment potential.

City intelligence

Kansas cities compared

24 largest indexed cities ranked by population with income, rent, and violent crime side-by-side. Open any city for the full hub.

#CityPopulationMedian IncomeMarket RentViolent Crime
1 Wichita 416,944
$72,754
$1,183
4.5 / 1k
2 Overland Park 208,958
$120,783
$1,742
1.7 / 1k
3 Kansas City 155,186
$66,139
$1,302
7.5 / 1k
4 Topeka 152,683
$68,724
$1,285
7.6 / 1k
5 Olathe 143,018
$120,727
$1,836
2.1 / 1k
6 Lawrence 103,032
$71,369
$1,562
4.6 / 1k
7 Shawnee 70,662
$122,679
$1,948
2.1 / 1k
8 Manhattan 66,906
$66,562
$1,134
9 Lenexa 58,585
$118,115
$1,729
1.8 / 1k
10 Salina 53,668
$74,219
$1,049
5.1 / 1k
11 Leavenworth 40,049
$82,338
$1,277
4.8 / 1k
12 Hutchinson 39,754
$61,749
$828
3.9 / 1k
13 Garden City 33,554
$74,343
$817
5.0 / 1k
14 Leawood 31,584
$187,320
$1,759
0.7 / 1k
15 Derby 29,071
$89,340
$1,442
0.0 / 1k
16 Emporia 26,494
$57,841
$846
3.7 / 1k
17 Dodge City 25,916
$72,301
$1,170
5.0 / 1k
18 Prairie Village 24,512
$114,794
$2,169
1.0 / 1k
19 Gardner 24,475
$107,987
$1,622
1.7 / 1k
20 Junction City 24,249
$67,396
$1,179
6.7 / 1k
21 Newton 23,647
$70,194
$885
6.0 / 1k
22 Hays 23,284
$60,687
$936
2.4 / 1k
23 Liberal 21,486
$65,512
$1,170
5.0 / 1k
24 Pittsburg 20,823
$45,774
$962
3.6 / 1k

Showing top 24 cities by population. Full directories remain available from city and ranking pages.

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