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Ranked · Buying a home · Kansas

Best cities for buying a home in Kansas

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Buying a home” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Dodge City, KS28k residents

    70/100

    median home price: $151,700 · property tax rate: 1.34% · home price yoy: -1.8%

  2. 2.Topeka, KS126k residents

    66/100

    median home price: $144,200 · property tax rate: 1.34% · home price yoy: -0.4%

  3. 3.Garden City, KS28k residents

    66/100

    median home price: $192,000 · property tax rate: 1.34% · home price yoy: -0.6%

  4. 4.Kansas City, KS155k residents

    62/100

    median home price: $167,400 · property tax rate: 1.34% · home price yoy: +1.3%

  5. 5.Wichita, KS398k residents

    58/100

    median home price: $190,800 · property tax rate: 1.34% · home price yoy: +3.2%

  6. 6.Salina, KS46k residents

    58/100

    median home price: $173,200 · property tax rate: 1.34% · home price yoy: +4.2%

  7. 7.Leavenworth, KS37k residents

    58/100

    median home price: $193,000 · property tax rate: 1.34% · home price yoy: +4.0%

  8. 8.Derby, KS26k residents

    57/100

    median home price: $236,900 · property tax rate: 1.34% · home price yoy: +3.4%

  9. 9.Hutchinson, KS40k residents

    55/100

    median home price: $125,000 · property tax rate: 1.34% · home price yoy: +7.5%

  10. 10.Manhattan, KS54k residents

    52/100

    median home price: $246,700 · property tax rate: 1.34% · home price yoy: +4.5%

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is best for buying a home in Kansas?
Dodge City, KS ranks first with a fit score of 70/100, followed by Topeka (66) and Garden City (66), using the "Buying a home" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.