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Lansing, KS
Top 100 rank: 88Population: 9,800 |
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| Financial | ||
| City stats | Best places avg. | |
| Median family income (per year) |
$75,108 | $90,316 |
| Family purchasing power (annual, cost-of-living adjusted) |
$79,228 | $82,867 |
| Sales tax | 7.30% | 6.74% |
| State income tax rate (highest bracket) |
6.45%I | 6.38% |
| State income tax rate (lowest bracket) |
3.50%I | 2.74% |
| Auto insurance premiums (Average for the state) |
$1,837 | $2,121 |
| Job growth % (2000-2006) |
5.29% | 13.41% |
| Housing | ||
| City stats | Best places average | |
| Average home price | $204,729 | $359,352 |
| Average property taxes |
n/a | $3,585 |
| Education | ||
| City stats | Best places average | |
| Colleges, universities and professional schools (within 30 miles) |
18 | 29 |
| Junior colleges and technical institutes (within 30 miles) |
13 | 18 |
| Test scores reading (% above/below state average) |
14.0% | 20.1% |
| Test scores math (% above/below average) |
13.0% | 24.8% |
| % students attending public/private schools (located within town limits) |
100.0/0.0 | 91.1/8.9 |
| Quality of life | ||
| City stats | Best places average | |
| Air quality index* (% of days AQI ranked as good) |
91.5% | 77.3% |
| Personal crime incidents (per 1,000) | 2 | 1.3 |
| Property crime incidents (per 1,000) | 21 | 20.6 |
| Median commute time (in minutes) |
19.0 | 23.1 |
| % population with commute 45 mins. or longer |
10.3% | 15.6% |
| % population walk or bike to work | 1.5% | 2.7% |
| Leisure and culture | ||
| City stats | Best places average | |
| Movie theaters (within 15 miles) |
7 | 30 |
| Restaurants (within 15 miles) |
523 | 2,899 |
| Bars (within 15 miles) |
75 | 287 |
| Public golf courses (within 30 miles) |
68 | 125 |
| Libraries (within 15 miles) |
17 | 71 |
| Museums (accredited by AAM; within 30 miles) |
4 | 11 |
| Ski resorts (within 100 miles) | 1 | 17 |
| Arts funding (Dollars per person of state funds spent on arts) | 1 | 1 |
| Weather | ||
| City stats | Best places average | |
| Annual rainfall (inches) |
40.94 | 40.18 |
| % clear days in the area | 33 | 28 |
| High temp in July ° F | 89.8° | 86.1° |
| Low temp in Jan ° F | 16.4° | 24.0° |
| Health* | ||
| City stats | Best places average | |
| Has health plan (% of residents) |
93.8% | 90.5% |
| Body mass index (avg. for residents) | 27 | 27 |
| Diabetes rates (% of residents diagnosed) |
13.5% | 9.3% |
| Hypertension rates (% of residents diagnosed) |
36.5% | 30.6% |
| Elder-care facilities** | 30 | 107 |
| Meet the neighbors | ||
| City stats | Best places average | |
| Median age | 36.9 | 36.8 |
| Completed at least some college (% of residents) |
56.3% | 72.4% |
| Married | 46.1% | 60.8% |
| Divorced | 14.9% | 8.0% |
| Racial diversity index (100 is national average; higher numbers indicate greater diversity) |
62.6 | 59.2 |
| Amount spent on vacations (domestic and foreign, household avg. per year) |
$8,201 | $8,250 |
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*County data
**Elder-care services refer to skilled nursing and assisted living facilities. Data from Total Living Choices.
(I) Income tax notes:
For joint returns, the taxes are twice the tax imposed on half the income.
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