State profile · KS

Largest Cities in Kansas

Name: Kansas Cities: Population, Income & Housing Data
Creator: PlainCities
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Ranked by resident population across 552 tracked cities and towns in Kansas, using Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023). This compares cities and Census-designated places, not metropolitan areas, and carries the same rows into the chart, table, and downloadable CSV below.

Compiled by PlainCities

552
Cities: 2.5M
Combined city pop.: $64,718
Avg median income: 9.1%
Avg poverty rate

Data updated August 2026

The headline finding

Wichita is the largest of 552 tracked cities in Kansas, which ranks #38 of 52 nationally on avg median income.

Wichita
largest tracked city (396,488 people): #38
national rank, avg median income: 552
cities tracked in this state

Every figure here is read live from the same table rendered below.

94% of Kansas's 552 tracked cities are small towns under 10,000 people -- none crosses the 1-million-resident mark.

<10K

517
10K-99K

30
100K-999K

5

What this shows Small towns under 10,000 residents are the largest group in PlainCities' Kansas coverage, with 517 of 552 tracked places. This is a count of profiled places, not a share of the state's population.

How we calculate this mix & the national home-value percentile below

Every tracked city in Kansas is bucketed by population: small town under 10,000; mid-size 10,000–99,999; large 100,000–999,999; megacity 1,000,000+. The national home-value comparison below plots Kansas's average tracked-city home value against all 52 US states/territories, ranked the same way as the per-city percentiles: the state's percentile is the share of states with a lower average home value. See the methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.

Wichita

396,488
Overland Park

197,199
Kansas City

154,776
Olathe

143,720
Topeka

126,103
Lawrence

95,459
Shawnee

68,175
Lenexa

57,986
Manhattan

53,951
Salina

46,432
Hutchinson

39,837
Leavenworth

37,176

What this shows Wichita, KS is the most populous city profiled in Kansas; the top 100 rows are listed below and the complete 552-row record is available as a CSV.

How Kansas ranks nationally

Avg median income

$64,718

#38 of 52 · highest income

Avg home value

$119,204

#51 of 52 · highest values

Avg poverty rate

9.1%

#25 of 52 · lowest poverty

Tracked cities

552

#21 of 52 · most tracked cities

Kansas ranks #38 of 52 nationally on average median income and #25 of 52 on average poverty rate, derived live by comparing it against every other tracked state. Averages are computed only across the cities PlainCities tracks in each state, not full state populations.

How Kansas's home values compare nationally

Average tracked-city home value vs. all 52 US states/territories

$119,204 Among the most affordable more affordable than 98% of 52 US states

Show national distribution

Each bar is a $50K-wide band; taller bars hold more US states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023

Largest cities in Kansas

Showing the 100 most-populous tracked places, ordered by population. Download the CSV for every one of the 552 city records and their source-backed fields.

#	City	Population	Median Income	Home Value	Poverty
1	Wichita	396,488	$63,072	$179,500	11.2%
2	Overland Park	197,199	$103,838	$384,400	2.9%
3	Kansas City	154,776	$59,183	$147,100	14.1%
4	Olathe	143,720	$112,232	$340,600	4.0%
5	Topeka	126,103	$55,902	$130,600	11.6%
6	Lawrence	95,459	$62,838	$269,500	6.1%
7	Shawnee	68,175	$106,312	$332,900	3.2%
8	Lenexa	57,986	$102,344	$368,800	3.6%
9	Manhattan	53,951	$58,441	$243,700	13.5%
10	Salina	46,432	$60,624	$164,500	9.3%
11	Hutchinson	39,837	$58,801	$122,600	11.6%
12	Leavenworth	37,176	$71,239	$176,000	8.7%
13	Leawood	33,844	$184,976	$620,400	2.4%
14	Garden City	27,781	$72,511	$186,200	7.5%
15	Dodge City	27,652	$67,958	$122,800	15.0%
16	Derby	25,801	$82,089	$221,600	4.7%
17	Emporia	24,098	$52,787	$127,500	11.0%
18	Gardner	24,020	$92,579	$276,000	5.7%
19	Prairie	22,937	$107,664	$402,600	2.3%
20	Junction City	22,431	$60,317	$162,500	14.1%
21	Hays	21,078	$56,861	$220,100	10.4%
22	Pittsburg	20,606	$40,220	$110,800	22.3%
23	Liberal	19,107	$61,875	$134,500	12.2%
24	Newton	18,443	$67,015	$151,800	4.5%
25	Andover	15,508	$106,676	$272,600	1.6%
26	Great Bend	14,596	$53,323	$118,700	11.8%
27	McPherson	13,956	$77,746	$204,300	8.2%
28	El Dorado	12,882	$54,828	$113,800	16.1%
29	Ottawa	12,632	$64,655	$165,700	9.7%
30	Arkansas City	11,909	$53,475	$81,700	14.5%
31	Winfield	11,731	$58,140	$121,200	11.1%
32	Lansing	11,229	$100,871	$247,500	2.7%
33	Haysville	11,117	$69,057	$155,100	8.2%
34	Merriam	11,036	$71,665	$242,400	3.7%
35	Atchison	10,795	$54,695	$130,200	10.2%
36	Mission	9,928	$74,396	$268,500	5.0%
37	Parsons	9,482	$50,838	$70,300	8.0%
38	Augusta	9,252	$60,581	$162,200	7.5%
39	Valley Center	8,937	$73,480	$214,300	1.8%
40	Coffeyville	8,752	$41,901	$55,600	18.9%
41	Spring Hill	8,691	$108,007	$323,300	3.3%
42	Bel Aire	8,654	$93,182	$213,500	10.0%
43	Chanute	8,629	$47,885	$77,900	15.5%
44	Fort Riley	8,595	$52,823	$222,100	14.7%
45	Independence	8,469	$49,164	$78,500	12.0%
46	Bonner Springs	7,735	$81,865	$223,800	6.6%
47	Park City	7,726	$70,317	$163,800	6.3%
48	Wellington	7,643	$49,526	$90,000	10.8%
49	Fort Scott	7,551	$60,799	$89,400	6.9%
50	Basehor	7,229	$106,325	$314,100	6.6%
51	Roeland Park	6,800	$89,385	$262,700	9.9%
52	Pratt	6,559	$63,512	$103,300	8.0%
53	Abilene	6,449	$56,592	$136,000	6.7%
54	De Soto	6,333	$105,500	$370,700	0.9%
55	Eudora	6,036	$106,356	$231,500	5.4%
56	Maize	5,990	$68,750	$280,500	4.7%
57	Mulvane	5,829	$70,224	$168,900	9.9%
58	Ulysses	5,812	$63,765	$123,100	5.9%
59	Paola	5,757	$73,281	$195,000	2.5%
60	Tonganoxie	5,693	$77,500	$227,700	14.9%
61	Colby	5,389	$66,731	$150,700	5.9%
62	Iola	5,368	$50,417	$78,100	9.5%
63	Goddard	5,361	$92,220	$203,500	0.5%
64	Concordia	5,067	$50,213	$96,100	8.7%
65	Louisburg	5,034	$75,556	$257,600	14.6%
66	Baldwin City	4,881	$81,838	$242,100	3.5%
67	Edwardsville	4,721	$76,847	$165,700	9.0%
68	Rose Hill	4,353	$98,827	$213,400	0.0%
69	Russell	4,258	$51,347	$109,400	9.3%
70	Osawatomie	4,244	$55,612	$137,400	9.5%
71	Wamego	4,205	$82,756	$187,700	5.6%
72	Fairway	4,177	$159,821	$626,600	2.7%
73	Clay Center	4,148	$56,422	$133,600	15.1%
74	Hugoton	4,065	$60,437	$118,400	5.5%
75	Scott City	3,955	$54,026	$166,400	13.1%
76	Goodland	3,878	$53,929	$112,800	6.5%
77	Baxter Springs	3,863	$60,139	$87,600	13.7%
78	Lindsborg	3,773	$69,559	$178,200	4.9%
79	Hesston	3,747	$72,620	$183,000	5.6%
80	Lyons	3,562	$66,769	$104,200	5.5%
81	Mission Hills	3,556	$250,000+	$1,183,200	0.1%
82	Marysville	3,423	$61,607	$110,000	4.9%
83	Holton	3,384	$51,390	$143,400	4.3%
84	Frontenac	3,381	$56,867	$165,400	4.9%
85	Larned	3,328	$51,957	$99,600	3.6%
86	Hiawatha	3,223	$65,058	$112,500	4.8%
87	Garnett	3,200	$46,875	$137,800	4.8%
88	Beloit	3,141	$50,865	$99,100	7.3%
89	Ellsworth	3,098	$65,357	$143,600	3.6%
90	Kingman	3,003	$56,655	$65,000	4.0%
91	Oaklawn-Sunview	2,952	$37,986	$48,000	23.1%
92	Kechi	2,935	$102,794	$264,200	2.9%
93	Columbus	2,902	$39,936	$85,800	8.7%
94	Osage City	2,837	$63,393	$135,400	15.1%
95	South Hutchinson	2,826	$42,221	$147,900	5.6%
96	St. Marys	2,795	$71,723	$196,300	3.8%
97	Galena	2,752	$39,968	$70,600	9.3%
98	Hillsboro	2,716	$57,792	$101,100	5.1%
99	Girard	2,706	$41,629	$84,500	10.4%
100	Norton	2,704	$51,266	$94,100	7.8%

What to do with Kansas's city data

552 cities is a lot to browse, here's where to start.

Wichita is Kansas's largest tracked city by population, start there if you want the fullest picture of a major KS metro. Wichita profile
2 tracked cities in Kansas sit at the Census ACS top-code of $250,000 or more, so no single city can be named the highest-income. Browse the city table by income column instead of trusting a single crown. All Kansas cities
See how Kansas's cities stack up nationally, not just against each other. National rankings

City counts and averages on this page cover only the 552 places with sufficient Census ACS data, smaller towns below the reporting threshold are not included.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES.

Compare beyond this state

Nationwide similar states

Other states closest to Kansas on two ACS statewide axes: tracked-city population sum and mean of city median household incomes. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a claim that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar statewide population

Nearest 50-state peers by ACS population of tracked cities. This state: 2,474,003.

4 peers

Similar mean household income

Nearest peers by mean of city median household incomes. This state: $64,718. Population peers are excluded.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many cities does PlainCities track in Kansas?

PlainCities profiles 552 cities and towns in Kansas, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2023).

What is the largest city in Kansas?

Wichita is the largest tracked city in Kansas, with a population of 396,488.

What is the average household income in Kansas?

Across the 552 tracked cities in Kansas, the average median household income is $64,718. Individual cities vary widely - 2 tracked cities in Kansas sit at the Census ACS top-code of $250,000 or more, so no single city can be named the highest-income.

What is the average poverty rate in Kansas?

The average poverty rate across Kansas's tracked cities is 9.1%, based on Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023).

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