Here Are The 10 Smartest Cities In Kansas To Live In
Have you always wanted to live in a college town, or just surround yourself with smarter people? Maybe you’re just looking for a new job, and something business-oriented is what you want. We’ve found data that’s been gathered and analyzed by a company named Zippia, where they use available data to give Kansas a quick list of the smartest cities in the state.
Before we start the list, let us explain the guidelines of the study by a website named Zippia, whose team graded a bunch of Kansas cities and found out which ones were the smartest overall. Only places with at least 5,000 residents (and data available for study) were included, and the 59 cities tested were graded based on a scale of 1-59 with 1 being the “smartest” in that category. These categories range from high school dropouts to adults without diplomas. Without further ado, let’s see those top 10 out of the 59 cities that were tested.
Despite coming in at #10, Hays is doing great. Their population sits at around 21,000 and 0% of that is teenage high school dropouts. However, they do have 5.8% of adults without high school diplomas, which is why they come in close, but not quite. Still, doing great, Hays!
Another city close to Kansas City, Lenexa has a population near 50,000. However, there are 4% of adults without their high school diplomas, and a teenage high school dropout rate of 2.1%.
Living in the Kansas City area means you've got more access to tech and school funding, but the people here are doing just fine either way. With a large population of almost 180,000, only 1.7% are teenage high school dropouts and 3.6% are adults without high school diplomas. Not bad for such a large place, if I do say so myself.
Bel Aire is another suburb of Wichita that gets a lot of outside traffic, but their actual population is around 7,000. Of that smaller amount, there are 4.7% of adults without high school diplomas and 0% teenage high school dropouts. We're so proud!
Mulvane is a quiet town that gets a decent amount of traffic from local cities, which is why their population is only around 6,000 despite being pretty busy. They also have 0% of their teenage high school students drop out, and 4.6% of their adults don't have high school diplomas.
Manhattan is a Kansas college town, with a little over 55,000 residents. The little apple only has 0.3% of high school dropouts, and 4.5% of adults without high school diplomas. Top 5 is never bad, when you're in a competition of 59!
Valley Center has a technical population of 6,449 but we know plenty of people drive through on their way to and from work or school. Of that 6.5 thousand, there aren't any teenage high school dropouts, and only 3.6% of adults living here don't have high school diplomas.
Andover is a smaller city, with a population of around 12,000, but it still makes it high on the list. They don't have any high school dropouts recorded, but they do have 3.3% of adult residents without high school diplomas. Keep working hard, Andover!
Leawood has a population in the 30,000s, with a teenage high school dropout rate of 0.4%. Doing great, Leawood! Your rate of adults without high school diplomas is also low at 0.8% - that's only a couple hundred people total. No wonder you're the runner up!
Prairie Village has a population around 20,000, and their teenage high school drop out rate is recorded at 0%. That's amazing, and if you add in the fact that they also have only 1.4% of adults without a high school diploma, which is amazingly low as well. Only the best for the smartest city in Kansas!
If you were wondering who was last in this study, it was Kansas City, Kansas with a population of around 150,000 and 22.2% of adults without a high school diploma and a teenage dropout rate of 10.5%. Still not bad numbers, even for last place. Is it as bad as you thought it would be? Let us know in the comments below!
For something a little more fun, check out this list of small towns that are some of the most charming places for a day trip. You might just want to stay forever!
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Born and raised Kansan, Clarisa has lived in both tiny towns and cities during their time here in the Sunflower State. As a busy mother of one crazy kid, two cats, and two geckos, they write whenever there is spare time.
