Wichita, KS

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Trends

Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.

How Wichita ranks

• #2 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 80.2
• #14 Safest Cities from Natural Disasters of 75 cities · score 76.1
• #15 Lowest Student-Teacher Ratios of 96 cities · score 85.3
• #32 Cities with the Cleanest Air of 95 cities · score 66.1
• #40 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 54.0
• #57 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 41.4
• #73 Healthiest Cities of 96 cities · score 32.2
• #78 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 31.3
• #90 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 19.2

Local facts

Median household income

$63,072

Median rent

$960 / mo

Median home value

$179,500

Median age

35.7

Unemployment

5.7%

Bachelor's degree or higher

30.9%

Poverty rate

15.9%

Renter-occupied homes

41.6%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools

99

Students enrolled

52,219

Students per teacher

14.2 : 1

Free or reduced-price lunch

73.9%

Charter schools

0.0%

School districts serving the city

6

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Districts: Wichita, Maize, Andover, Derby, Haysville

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity

39.9%

No leisure-time physical activity

27.7%

Adults with diabetes

11.8%

Adults who smoke

16.7%

Frequent mental distress

18.0%

Sleeping under 7 hours

38.5%

Adults without health insurance

13.2%

Routine checkup in past year

72.4%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park

51.9%

Share of city that is parkland

4.3%

EPA walkability index (1-20)

13.5

Median air quality index (county)

48

Unhealthy air days (county)

1

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband

90.2%

Households with no internet

7.6%

Average commute

18.9 min

Work from home

6.9%

Commute by transit

0.7%

Commute on foot

0.9%

Commute by bike

0.4%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Sedgwick County as relatively high overall for natural hazard risk, with 2 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

• Ice storm: very high
• Cold wave: very high
• Tornado: very high
• Hail: relatively high

ZIP codes

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