State rankings

Best Counties to Live in Kansas

Compare counties in Kansas by overall score, affordability, economy, schools, safety, taxes, and peace & quiet. Rankings are public-data estimates for comparison and research.

#1 in KS

Nemaha County

79.6

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#2 in KS

Hodgeman County

78.4

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#3 in KS

Logan County

78.3

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#4 in KS

Rice County

77.8

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#5 in KS

Wallace County

77.6

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Best overall

Nemaha County

Overall score 79.6

Most affordable

Lane County

Affordability 93.6

Best schools

Nemaha County

Schools 99.2

Safest

Sherman County

Safety 100

Lowest taxes

Doniphan County

Taxes 55.9

Best peace & quiet

Scott County

Peace & Quiet 99.6

All Kansas counties

Showing 105 counties ranked by the default generated overall score.

Rank	County	Overall	Economy	Afford.	Schools	Safety	Taxes	Peace & Quiet	Typical home	Income
1	Nemaha County FIPS 20131	79.6	74.4	70	99.2	90.5	52.3	96.5	$241,966	$77,348
2	Hodgeman County FIPS 20083	78.4	72.2	81.1	90.7	86.3	42.7	95.2	$160,390	$59,955
3	Logan County FIPS 20109	78.3	69.9	82.6	88.2	94.4	36	95.7	$157,809	$75,662
4	Rice County FIPS 20159	77.8	67.3	89.2	86.2	93	29.7	90.1	$116,694	$63,925
5	Wallace County FIPS 20199	77.6	66.8	83.2	93.7	-	50.4	94.1	$146,653	$63,207
6	Republic County FIPS 20157	77.3	70.6	89.9	77.2	89.3	38.9	89.1	$113,992	$56,833
7	Marshall County FIPS 20117	77.2	57.3	86.3	87.8	95	47.6	95.2	$156,076	$68,419
8	Phillips County FIPS 20147	76.3	62.3	91.6	88.1	90.2	21.9	90.3	$116,450	$62,123
9	Gray County FIPS 20069	75.9	87	71.8	80.2	85.2	26.1	95.6	$242,079	$79,122
10	Norton County FIPS 20137	75.8	59.5	86.8	92	92.4	22.7	93.5	$120,830	$54,050
11	Washington County FIPS 20201	75.5	63.1	83.7	77.3	93.2	47.7	92.4	$162,841	$65,482
12	Wichita County FIPS 20203	75.5	70.3	87.3	71.1	81.8	47.4	97.4	$168,345	$79,063
13	Pottawatomie County FIPS 20149	75.1	75	64.4	92.7	80.9	50.4	90.4	$324,482	$92,325
14	Butler County FIPS 20015	74.1	68.4	73.2	93.5	87.3	24.6	88.9	$244,142	$81,610
15	Anderson County FIPS 20003	73.8	68.2	78.3	83.8	86.3	31.5	86.9	$192,521	$70,614
16	Kiowa County FIPS 20097	73.7	55.3	85	86.4	80.7	44.8	94.2	$160,797	$75,539
17	Rawlins County FIPS 20153	73.5	75.6	88.4	84.5	46.8	38.5	95.5	$136,297	$67,742
18	Smith County FIPS 20183	73.2	54.1	92.2	95.5	74.5	17.9	91.9	$110,245	$59,135
19	Clay County FIPS 20027	73	51.6	81.2	89.7	93.8	32.5	90	$167,257	$66,176
20	Trego County FIPS 20195	73	53.9	89.4	73.2	93.8	38.3	91.9	$143,348	$81,528
21	Gove County FIPS 20063	72.9	64.2	87.5	70.1	80.7	40.7	95.7	$155,146	$66,029
22	Meade County FIPS 20119	72.9	69	90.2	67.5	88.1	18.1	91	$121,290	$71,852
23	Clark County FIPS 20025	72.7	64.6	88.5	77	84.8	18.7	88.8	$85,923	$63,043
24	Jackson County FIPS 20085	72.7	64	66.9	94.1	81.8	45.8	86.1	$250,557	$75,215
25	Mitchell County FIPS 20123	72.2	46.6	86.6	97.1	88.7	14.3	95.3	$135,931	$64,246
26	Osborne County FIPS 20141	72.1	46.8	86.9	93.9	86	24.1	91.8	$97,413	$63,011
27	Marion County FIPS 20115	71.9	51.3	86.6	88	87.7	22.2	88.8	$138,582	$64,695
28	Comanche County FIPS 20033	71.7	53.4	91.1	84.6	81	18.3	93.5	$93,288	$54,545
29	Labette County FIPS 20099	71.4	46.9	91.3	81.6	94.2	18.2	92.2	$94,156	$56,325
30	Lane County FIPS 20101	71.2	53.3	93.6	84.3	74.1	18.2	93.3	$109,476	$54,526
31	Stafford County FIPS 20185	71.2	75	89.5	59.5	77	23	85.6	$102,314	$64,226
32	Edwards County FIPS 20047	71.1	52.2	89.5	69.3	93.8	34.3	87.2	$85,454	$52,692
33	Sheridan County FIPS 20179	70.8	78.1	69.7	59.2	89	38.8	95.2	$234,560	$73,750
34	Miami County FIPS 20121	70.7	74.1	54	91.3	82.3	38.6	84.5	$371,974	$89,000
35	Haskell County FIPS 20081	70.3	73.2	82	52	93.4	23.2	95.6	$175,817	$66,162
36	Johnson County FIPS 20091	70.3	76.4	45.6	98.9	98.9	39.3	24.5	$459,391	$109,208
37	Dickinson County FIPS 20041	70.2	53.6	82.7	80.1	82.9	30.6	91.6	$170,171	$68,417
38	McPherson County FIPS 20113	69.9	67.8	76.1	61.6	94.9	25.7	96.5	$222,474	$78,851
39	Brown County FIPS 20013	69.8	46.6	80.4	72.1	93.1	50.1	92.6	$154,025	$62,233
40	Decatur County FIPS 20039	69.8	65.7	89.4	68	71.1	21.8	91.5	$108,892	$53,870
41	Harvey County FIPS 20079	69.6	54.8	79.4	75.9	95.7	19.5	90.9	$188,877	$74,368
42	Neosho County FIPS 20133	69.5	49.2	92.8	66.2	92.8	20.4	95	$108,188	$56,618
43	Jewell County FIPS 20089	69.4	40.9	81.5	87	82.8	44.7	89.6	$117,434	$52,634
44	Scott County FIPS 20171	69.4	78.4	79	59.6	75	18.7	99.6	$184,068	$68,839
45	Pratt County FIPS 20151	69.3	58.3	88.9	62.9	91	16.8	92	$123,329	$66,022
46	Ottawa County FIPS 20143	69.2	58.3	83.8	86.3	71.1	12.7	90.5	$175,170	$74,018
47	Sherman County FIPS 20181	69.1	55.4	77.1	71.1	100	20.3	94.3	$150,841	$61,750
48	Harper County FIPS 20077	68.8	47.8	85.1	73.7	96.1	19.6	88.6	$97,012	$53,488
49	Thomas County FIPS 20193	68.4	77.7	81	37.8	93.9	23	96.3	$175,114	$71,325
50	Ellis County FIPS 20051	68.3	54.1	57.4	92.3	93	31.4	96.5	$241,381	$63,084
51	Ellsworth County FIPS 20053	68.3	45	84.9	82.1	76.5	35.3	88.8	$137,041	$65,560
52	Pawnee County FIPS 20145	68.3	55.3	83.6	67.1	93.5	17.1	88.4	$107,044	$63,517
53	Barber County FIPS 20007	68.1	51.3	89.9	75.5	75.5	18.9	89.9	$88,344	$61,926
54	Cloud County FIPS 20029	68	55.3	89.4	60.4	85.7	22	93.9	$115,389	$58,770
55	Doniphan County FIPS 20043	67.7	59.9	82.9	37.2	97.6	55.9	87.3	$165,154	$74,028
56	Elk County FIPS 20049	67.7	44.4	85	93.7	-	28.4	72.8	$96,811	$64,609
57	Greeley County FIPS 20071	67.4	87.7	90.2	32.7	61.9	23.9	93.9	$149,133	$80,565
58	Greenwood County FIPS 20073	66.9	49.7	86.3	88.9	50.1	34.5	82.7	$104,223	$60,042
59	Reno County FIPS 20155	66.9	54.4	79.9	64.1	91.7	20.7	92.9	$151,597	$60,645
60	Morris County FIPS 20127	66.6	52	71.3	72.4	83.8	42.2	89.5	$188,209	$58,686
61	Cheyenne County FIPS 20023	66.5	51	71.5	76.5	73.6	48.4	94.4	$179,571	$55,429
62	Leavenworth County FIPS 20103	66.5	69.1	55.8	72.4	85.7	39.3	80.5	$344,041	$89,218
63	Wabaunsee County FIPS 20197	66.4	56.1	67.3	78.7	70.7	49.8	85.2	$258,358	$76,908
64	Saline County FIPS 20169	66.3	57.7	77.1	59.4	90.1	24.9	93.6	$175,858	$65,422
65	Kingman County FIPS 20095	65.9	52.6	73.2	62.8	91.7	36.3	89.7	$171,002	$59,842
66	Osage County FIPS 20139	65.6	57.6	77.9	83.1	47.9	37.1	85.1	$207,645	$74,467
67	Woodson County FIPS 20207	65.3	31.8	81.5	82.9	90.7	26.1	83.1	$114,988	$50,326
68	Morton County FIPS 20129	65.2	66.9	93.1	32.5	83.8	16.9	89.1	$105,640	$66,447
69	Coffey County FIPS 20031	65	47.1	76.7	75.1	61.4	52.5	91.3	$193,850	$70,346
70	Barton County FIPS 20009	64.9	51.8	82.9	63.6	83.3	13.4	93	$120,136	$58,851
71	Jefferson County FIPS 20087	64.9	63.3	67.7	69.7	64.5	43.3	85.1	$281,949	$81,278
72	Crawford County FIPS 20037	64.4	40.5	78.3	65.2	84.8	44.1	90	$135,489	$52,844
73	Cherokee County FIPS 20021	64.3	53.9	87.8	41.1	73.8	50.3	90.3	$125,219	$57,668
74	Chase County FIPS 20017	64.1	43.6	74.4	77.3	-	50.4	90.1	$165,881	$56,484
75	Sumner County FIPS 20191	64.1	47.5	85.4	61	82.1	19.4	87.8	$144,021	$63,951
76	Allen County FIPS 20001	64	50.1	89.9	51.8	82.6	17.1	90.1	$112,160	$60,689
77	Russell County FIPS 20167	63.9	43.6	87.6	61.8	84.5	13.7	94.7	$115,682	$62,392
78	Grant County FIPS 20067	63.6	74.1	82.8	8.8	95.7	42.3	79.9	$152,693	$66,476
79	Lincoln County FIPS 20105	63.6	38.9	83.1	74.8	-	42.1	88.5	$128,553	$57,500
80	Hamilton County FIPS 20075	63.5	86.9	86.7	23	47.3	39.1	90.5	$148,172	$70,250
81	Lyon County FIPS 20111	63.2	54.2	67.3	58	92.3	26.5	94.9	$186,020	$59,912
82	Cowley County FIPS 20035	63	42.7	84.2	62.2	86.3	14.3	89.1	$124,850	$57,878
83	Shawnee County FIPS 20177	63	57.3	73.5	56.6	87.4	21.4	74.1	$200,189	$67,104
84	Kearny County FIPS 20093	62.9	66.2	84.2	41	54.2	43	93	$192,118	$89,135
85	Chautauqua County FIPS 20019	62.8	41	90.5	39.6	87.8	47.6	82.2	$92,225	$56,438
86	Rooks County FIPS 20163	62.4	51.7	86.7	49	71.3	26.6	93.3	$122,904	$62,500
87	Rush County FIPS 20165	62.3	52.3	91	64.8	47.5	19.2	88.7	$92,824	$59,970
88	Stevens County FIPS 20189	61.8	63.8	78.8	28.1	94.2	17.6	93.6	$166,426	$64,178
89	Franklin County FIPS 20059	61.7	58.6	65	58.8	73.1	35.9	89.3	$257,410	$77,207
90	Stanton County FIPS 20187	61.5	57.2	84.4	38.6	-	44.1	94.4	$154,679	$71,700
91	Wilson County FIPS 20205	61.2	40.2	91.6	42.6	81.7	31.3	87.4	$102,252	$60,677
92	Ford County FIPS 20057	60.3	63.7	71.9	17.8	94.7	37.8	96.8	$209,376	$70,781
93	Atchison County FIPS 20005	60	51.1	70.5	33.3	97	40.1	87.9	$181,317	$61,112
94	Riley County FIPS 20161	60	56.8	46.3	95.9	-	16.2	88.6	$268,302	$61,098
95	Finney County FIPS 20055	59	70.9	67.7	22.5	81.7	27.1	96.7	$234,022	$73,009
96	Sedgwick County FIPS 20173	58.7	55	66.5	36.5	97	35.8	57.1	$222,530	$69,365
97	Bourbon County FIPS 20011	58.6	32.8	86.4	39.4	91.2	26.7	91.3	$131,363	$59,238
98	Douglas County FIPS 20045	58.5	61.9	40.1	90.3	-	23.8	76.5	$333,701	$69,746
99	Geary County FIPS 20061	57.4	43.2	57.4	56.4	90.2	29.7	89	$216,269	$59,317
100	Seward County FIPS 20175	57	62.4	80.4	9.7	88.2	13.7	94.2	$145,403	$63,827
101	Linn County FIPS 20107	56.9	38.7	75.4	61.3	58.8	33.1	79.2	$169,750	$59,069
102	Ness County FIPS 20135	56.2	57.9	89.2	12.8	68.3	19.5	93	$105,898	$68,616
103	Graham County FIPS 20065	55.6	42.8	86.3	39.7	-	23.3	94.8	$116,545	$50,650
104	Montgomery County FIPS 20125	51.9	54.1	88.9	50.5	0	16	88.4	$97,438	$55,697
105	Wyandotte County FIPS 20209	48.9	49.3	66.7	6.5	98.3	27.9	20.7	$204,979	$63,631