Small towns in Kansas
159 small towns, communities and small cities of 1,000 to 75,000 people, plus 23 smaller suburbs, marked as suburbs. In the parts of Kansas outside metro areas, everyday prices run 14.1% below the U.S. average, and housing 46% below.
Closest to a big city
- Basehor20 miles to Kansas City
- Lansing20 miles to Kansas City
- Leavenworth24 miles to Kansas City
- De Soto27 miles to Kansas City
- Tonganoxie28 miles to Kansas City
Straight-line miles to a metro area of about 1 million people or more.
Lowest home values
- Coffeyville$60,800
- Cherryvale$62,400
- Yates Center$65,000
- Johnson City$65,200
- Kinsley$68,200
Typical value of an owner-occupied home.
Growing fastest
- Spring Hillup 32% since 2020
- Linn Valleyup 21% since 2020
- Basehorup 19% since 2020
- De Sotoup 15% since 2020
- Tonganoxieup 11% since 2020
College towns
- AtchisonBenedictine College
- Baldwin CityBaker University
- HaysFort Hays State University
- HillsboroTabor College
- LindsborgBethany College
- ManhattanKansas State University
- North NewtonBethel College-North Newton
- PittsburgPittsburg State University
Tourist towns
- Linn Valley23% vacation homes
Hospital in town
- AbileneMemorial Hospital
- AtchisonAmberwell Atchison Association
- AtwoodRawlins County Health Center
- BellevilleRepublic County Hospital
- BeloitMitchell County Hospital Health Systems
- BurlingtonCoffey County Hospital
- CaldwellCaldwell Regional Medical Center
- ChanuteNeosho Memorial Regional Medical Center
Every town in Kansas
Select a column heading to sort. Miles are straight-line. Home values and incomes: Census survey 2020-2024; population: 2025 estimates.
| Town | People | Since 2020 | Typical home | Household income | Miles to a big city | Miles to an ER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abilene | 6,552 | +1.6% | $131,500 | $57,924 | 144 | In town |
| Altamont | 1,053 | -2.1% | $107,400 | $64,716 | 81 | 10 |
| Andover suburb | 17,370 | +16% | $291,400 | $104,787 | 128 | In town |
| Anthony | 2,034 | -2.4% | $69,000 | $50,598 | 121 | 5 |
| Arkansas City | 11,800 | -1.4% | $86,800 | $49,629 | 91 | 4 |
| Arma | 1,398 | -0.8% | $85,400 | $50,795 | 110 | 9 |
| Atchison | 10,789 | -0.7% | $129,700 | $54,474 | 44 | In town |
| Atwood | 1,229 | -4.6% | $119,800 | $72,188 | 204 | In town |
| Auburn | 1,272 | -0.3% | $151,200 | $57,875 | 70 | 12 |
| Augusta | 9,073 | -1.8% | $175,500 | $64,919 | 124 | 10 |
| Baldwin City | 4,946 | +2.6% | $249,500 | $72,941 | 42 | 14 |
| Basehor | 8,249 | +18.7% | $349,900 | $116,769 | 20 | 8 |
| Baxter Springs | 3,823 | -1.5% | $92,900 | $51,404 | 89 | 12 |
| Bel Aire suburb | 10,287 | +23.8% | $238,100 | $97,795 | 136 | 6 |
| Belle Plaine | 1,442 | -2.1% | $123,900 | $63,214 | 116 | 13 |
| Belleville | 1,986 | -0.4% | $81,500 | $56,218 | 129 | In town |
| Beloit | 3,288 | -3.1% | $125,600 | $52,114 | 165 | In town |
| Bonner Springs suburb | 7,962 | +1.8% | $247,200 | $83,218 | 18 | 6 |
| Buhler | 1,320 | -0.3% | $131,800 | $72,929 | 173 | 8 |
| Burlington | 2,640 | +0.3% | $149,300 | $50,882 | 91 | In town |
| Caldwell | 1,000 | -2.6% | $75,600 | $44,286 | 108 | In town |
| Caney | 1,704 | -4.3% | $81,500 | $39,000 | 61 | 16 |
| Carbondale | 1,296 | -3.9% | $119,400 | $75,750 | 65 | 16 |
| Chanute | 8,584 | -1.8% | $78,000 | $50,882 | 109 | In town |
| Chapman | 1,380 | +0.2% | $195,600 | $72,344 | 133 | 10 |
| Cheney | 2,178 | -0.2% | $167,900 | $85,313 | 147 | 16 |
| Cherryvale | 2,093 | -3.7% | $62,400 | $50,288 | 81 | 13 |
| Cimarron | 1,935 | -1.8% | $202,600 | $82,422 | 225 | 18 |
| Clay Center | 4,061 | -3.2% | $143,600 | $62,695 | 139 | In town |
| Clearwater | 2,792 | +4.9% | $216,200 | $83,879 | 130 | 15 |
| Coffeyville | 8,460 | -3.8% | $60,800 | $45,670 | 64 | In town |
| Colby | 5,489 | -2.1% | $163,000 | $63,494 | 206 | In town |
| Columbus | 2,866 | -1.7% | $94,100 | $37,961 | 93 | In town |
| Colwich | 1,445 | -1.3% | $221,500 | $88,295 | 146 | 4 |
| Concordia | 4,991 | -1.9% | $102,600 | $51,138 | 144 | In town |
| Conway Springs | 1,141 | +4.2% | $113,300 | $73,320 | 130 | 24 |
| Council Grove | 2,130 | 0% | $134,900 | $57,962 | 109 | 24 |
| De Soto | 7,083 | +15.1% | $422,400 | $104,000 | 27 | 11 |
| Dodge City | 27,653 | -0.3% | $151,700 | $68,721 | 211 | In town |
| Douglass | 1,506 | -2.7% | $138,800 | $72,589 | 114 | 14 |
| Edgerton suburb | 1,744 | -0.6% | $210,600 | $84,838 | 33 | 10 |
| Edwardsville suburb | 4,748 | +0.9% | $216,400 | $72,611 | 15 | 4 |
| El Dorado | 12,696 | -0.5% | $120,300 | $59,180 | 128 | In town |
| Elkhart | 1,722 | -8.5% | $101,600 | $56,771 | 250 | In town |
| Ellinwood | 1,969 | -2.1% | $109,300 | $56,379 | 208 | In town |
| Ellis | 1,917 | -1.9% | $155,500 | $73,000 | 245 | 14 |
| Ellsworth | 3,092 | +0.6% | $157,600 | $66,821 | 200 | In town |
| Elwood suburb | 1,137 | +2.2% | $88,000 | $62,266 | 47 | 7 |
| Emporia | 24,137 | +0.2% | $132,700 | $52,704 | 102 | In town |
| Erie | 1,034 | -1.6% | $109,900 | 106 | 15 | |
| Eudora | 6,506 | +1.4% | $280,100 | $118,184 | 32 | 9 |
| Eureka | 2,239 | -2.5% | $79,200 | $48,828 | 119 | In town |
| Fairway suburb | 4,181 | +0.2% | $618,000 | $152,574 | 8 | 3 |
| Fort Scott | 7,500 | -0.3% | $100,500 | $52,159 | 90 | 19 |
| Fredonia | 2,041 | -4.7% | $76,000 | $59,125 | 97 | In town |
| Frontenac | 3,443 | +1.7% | $165,600 | $58,733 | 113 | 3 |
| Galena | 2,788 | +1.2% | $49,006 | 96 | 6 | |
| Garden City | 27,402 | -2.3% | $192,000 | $72,865 | 249 | In town |
| Garden Plain | 1,010 | +6.7% | $258,300 | $85,455 | 144 | 10 |
| Garnett | 3,242 | 0% | $149,100 | $65,230 | 69 | In town |
| Girard | 2,476 | -0.5% | $93,600 | $40,298 | 112 | In town |
| Goddard suburb | 6,638 | +29.3% | $242,800 | $94,004 | 140 | 5 |
| Goodland | 4,366 | -2.4% | $112,700 | $52,258 | 171 | In town |
| Grandview Plaza | 1,685 | -1.1% | $41,871 | 120 | 3 | |
| Great Bend | 14,266 | -2.9% | $133,900 | $54,139 | 212 | In town |
| Halstead | 2,132 | -1.9% | $163,000 | $76,250 | 157 | 10 |
| Harper | 1,287 | -1.3% | $78,600 | $54,250 | 129 | 4 |
| Haven | 1,169 | +0.3% | $59,091 | 161 | 14 | |
| Hays | 21,258 | +0.5% | $225,500 | $58,459 | 239 | In town |
| Haysville suburb | 11,353 | +0.7% | $161,800 | $67,740 | 128 | 6 |
| Herington | 2,101 | -0.4% | $85,200 | $70,574 | 125 | 22 |
| Hesston | 3,458 | -1.1% | $204,800 | $75,225 | 162 | 7 |
| Hiawatha | 3,124 | -3.9% | $121,800 | $68,750 | 73 | In town |
| Hill City | 1,376 | -1.4% | $92,800 | $48,512 | 239 | In town |
| Hillsboro | 2,646 | -2.9% | $120,500 | $63,462 | 152 | 10 |
| Hoisington | 2,598 | -3.5% | $95,000 | $52,277 | 222 | In town |
| Holcomb | 2,190 | -2.3% | $231,000 | $78,571 | 242 | 7 |
| Holton | 3,396 | -0.1% | $142,800 | $52,532 | 68 | In town |
| Horton | 1,460 | -4.2% | $79,600 | $41,471 | 64 | 13 |
| Hoxie | 1,188 | -0.8% | $159,400 | $67,054 | 238 | In town |
| Hugoton | 3,545 | -5.4% | $120,900 | $62,773 | 244 | In town |
| Humboldt | 1,807 | -2.2% | $90,900 | $47,560 | 103 | 8 |
| Hutchinson | 39,595 | -1% | $125,000 | $58,687 | 174 | In town |
| Independence | 8,193 | -4.1% | $88,800 | $51,069 | 77 | 13 |
| Inman | 1,309 | -2.2% | $149,000 | $59,250 | 178 | 11 |
| Iola | 5,240 | -3% | $78,300 | $54,221 | 95 | In town |
| Johnson City | 1,402 | -4.3% | $65,200 | $71,105 | 227 | In town |
| Junction City | 22,583 | -1.6% | $171,500 | $61,181 | 124 | In town |
| Kechi suburb | 2,375 | +6% | $288,300 | $113,125 | 138 | 7 |
| Kingman | 2,884 | -6.6% | $73,800 | $48,750 | 154 | In town |
| Kinsley | 1,312 | -8.6% | $68,200 | $49,206 | 200 | 23 |
| La Crosse | 1,225 | -3% | $84,600 | $53,750 | 234 | In town |
| La Cygne | 1,013 | -2.9% | $150,900 | $58,882 | 55 | 16 |
| Lake Quivira suburb | 1,005 | -0.8% | $817,900 | $177,917 | 13 | 5 |
| Lakin | 2,154 | -2% | $170,000 | $89,514 | 232 | In town |
| Lansing | 11,331 | +0.8% | $270,800 | $102,786 | 20 | 3 |
| Larned | 3,596 | -4.8% | $94,500 | $55,648 | 207 | In town |
| Leavenworth | 37,012 | -0.8% | $193,000 | $72,987 | 24 | In town |
| Leoti | 1,397 | -5.3% | $84,800 | $73,594 | 208 | In town |
| Liberal | 19,010 | -3.7% | $137,100 | $63,706 | 219 | In town |
| Lincoln Center | 1,136 | -2.9% | $68,500 | $49,423 | 189 | 21 |
| Lindsborg | 3,824 | +1.2% | $188,000 | $81,250 | 172 | In town |
| Linn Valley | 1,162 | +21% | $144,900 | $51,279 | 52 | 15 |
| Louisburg | 5,299 | +7.2% | $269,500 | $68,824 | 36 | 10 |
| Lyndon | 1,032 | -0.6% | $114,400 | $67,227 | 71 | 29 |
| Lyons | 3,488 | -3.1% | $104,800 | $62,569 | 199 | In town |
| Maize suburb | 7,853 | +35% | $276,200 | $72,024 | 143 | 5 |
| Manhattan | 54,673 | +1% | $246,700 | $60,172 | 110 | In town |
| Marion | 1,897 | -1.2% | $108,500 | $58,387 | 143 | In town |
| Marysville | 3,385 | -1.7% | $119,200 | $55,386 | 103 | In town |
| McPherson | 13,918 | -1.1% | $211,700 | $77,529 | 176 | In town |
| Meade | 1,422 | -5.1% | $121,700 | $75,321 | 201 | In town |
| Medicine Lodge | 1,707 | -3.3% | $97,100 | $59,392 | 139 | In town |
| Merriam suburb | 11,509 | +3.8% | $263,300 | $73,600 | 11 | In town |
| Minneapolis | 1,907 | -1.6% | $143,800 | $57,702 | 169 | In town |
| Mission suburb | 10,125 | +1.8% | $289,100 | $75,534 | 9 | 3 |
| Mission Hills suburb | 3,522 | -1.9% | $1,237,800 | $250,000 or more | 8 | 3 |
| Moundridge | 1,939 | -1.6% | $177,800 | $67,500 | 169 | In town |
| Mulvane suburb | 7,030 | +11.6% | $176,300 | $74,039 | 119 | 7 |
| Neodesha | 2,188 | -3.3% | $91,400 | $50,792 | 90 | In town |
| Ness City | 1,313 | -2% | $116,600 | $64,583 | 245 | In town |
| Newton | 18,353 | -1.2% | $156,400 | $68,885 | 154 | In town |
| Nickerson | 1,051 | -1.4% | $79,200 | $49,167 | 184 | 12 |
| North Newton | 1,791 | -1.4% | $217,800 | $87,402 | 156 | 4 |
| Norton | 2,651 | -3.6% | $96,800 | $53,125 | 224 | In town |
| Oaklawn-Sunview suburb | 2,789 | $54,200 | $46,656 | 128 | 4 | |
| Oakley | 1,974 | -2.9% | $120,000 | $77,065 | 220 | In town |
| Oberlin | 1,606 | -1.3% | $88,700 | $52,284 | 231 | In town |
| Ogden suburb | 1,655 | -0.7% | $156,800 | $68,421 | 115 | 8 |
| Osage City | 2,784 | -2.5% | $155,800 | $71,191 | 76 | 25 |
| Osawatomie | 4,215 | +1.3% | $155,100 | $66,991 | 48 | 7 |
| Osborne | 1,249 | -5.4% | $84,400 | $51,776 | 188 | In town |
| Oskaloosa | 1,060 | -3.3% | $183,100 | $83,750 | 41 | 8 |
| Oswego | 1,621 | -2% | $82,700 | $53,750 | 84 | 14 |
| Ottawa | 12,716 | +0.7% | $166,500 | $71,699 | 53 | 22 |
| Oxford | 1,038 | -0.9% | $117,200 | $59,167 | 106 | 11 |
| Paola | 5,880 | +2.5% | $210,800 | $74,662 | 41 | In town |
| Park City suburb | 9,458 | +12.5% | $177,100 | $74,301 | 140 | 8 |
| Parsons | 9,315 | -2.8% | $71,700 | $52,428 | 90 | In town |
| Phillipsburg | 2,225 | -4.8% | $98,300 | $60,750 | 201 | In town |
| Pittsburg | 20,569 | -0.3% | $123,200 | $43,419 | 111 | In town |
| Plainville | 1,657 | -4.6% | $82,500 | $59,236 | 221 | In town |
| Pleasanton | 1,186 | -2.2% | $102,900 | $49,565 | 66 | 20 |
| Pratt | 6,574 | -0.3% | $107,500 | $63,819 | 169 | 4 |
| Roeland Park suburb | 6,683 | -2.6% | $276,200 | $88,774 | 8 | 2 |
| Rose Hill | 4,320 | +3.2% | $219,900 | $102,389 | 121 | 6 |
| Rossville | 1,088 | -1.8% | $154,600 | $54,318 | 75 | 15 |
| Russell | 4,286 | -2.3% | $135,600 | $56,832 | 221 | In town |
| Sabetha | 2,474 | -2.6% | $170,800 | $70,464 | 86 | In town |
| Salina | 46,094 | -1.6% | $173,200 | $61,783 | 166 | In town |
| Satanta | 1,046 | -4.3% | $107,100 | $51,467 | 236 | In town |
| Scott City | 3,855 | -6.2% | $162,200 | $54,880 | 231 | In town |
| Sedgwick | 1,575 | -1.6% | $179,400 | $93,125 | 149 | 9 |
| Seneca | 2,139 | +0.5% | $235,100 | $76,750 | 95 | In town |
| Silver Lake | 1,316 | -2.2% | $169,300 | $56,834 | 70 | 9 |
| Smith Center | 1,575 | +0.1% | $90,400 | $56,007 | 176 | In town |
| Solomon | 1,007 | +1.9% | $119,300 | $51,063 | 152 | 9 |
| South Hutchinson | 2,516 | -0.3% | $151,000 | $50,441 | 173 | 5 |
| Spring Hill | 10,777 | +31.6% | $357,800 | $112,428 | 29 | 7 |
| St. Francis | 1,265 | -0.4% | $108,200 | $49,643 | 164 | In town |
| St. George | 1,165 | +10% | $253,500 | $100,956 | 100 | 5 |
| St. John | 1,200 | -2% | $94,600 | $73,929 | 188 | 10 |
| St. Marys | 2,790 | +1.2% | $206,900 | $76,771 | 81 | 14 |
| Sterling | 2,303 | +2.7% | $133,000 | $54,922 | 192 | 9 |
| Stockton | 1,400 | -4.9% | $95,000 | $62,621 | 212 | 13 |
| Sublette | 1,343 | -4.6% | $160,500 | $66,331 | 232 | 8 |
| Syracuse | 1,810 | +0.2% | $120,800 | $67,361 | 208 | In town |
| Tonganoxie | 6,208 | +11% | $261,700 | $80,109 | 28 | 13 |
| Towanda | 1,426 | -1.2% | $121,500 | $64,327 | 130 | 8 |
| Ulysses | 5,524 | -4.3% | $97,400 | $63,857 | 243 | In town |
| Valley Center suburb | 7,685 | +4.4% | $227,700 | $77,020 | 143 | 9 |
| Valley Falls | 1,055 | -2.9% | $122,700 | $46,681 | 51 | 10 |
| Victoria | 1,134 | +0.2% | $174,200 | $77,500 | 233 | 8 |
| WaKeeney | 1,746 | -2.6% | $125,200 | $68,438 | 255 | In town |
| Wamego | 4,912 | +1.5% | $198,300 | $78,809 | 94 | In town |
| Washington | 1,063 | -0.5% | $101,100 | $58,438 | 113 | In town |
| Wathena suburb | 1,273 | +1.8% | $161,800 | $87,222 | 48 | 8 |
| Wellington | 7,541 | -1.8% | $97,100 | $50,333 | 115 | 20 |
| Wellsville | 2,002 | +2.8% | $180,000 | $83,750 | 40 | 16 |
| Westwood suburb | 1,720 | -1.5% | $404,200 | $118,250 | 7 | 1 |
| Winfield | 11,745 | -0.2% | $132,700 | $56,656 | 97 | In town |
| Yates Center | 1,308 | -2.5% | $65,000 | $42,730 | 109 | 20 |
Big city: a metro area of about 1 million people or more. ER: the nearest hospital with an emergency room. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, BEA, Medicare.