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Midwest · Kansas · pop 396K

Wichita, KS

Fit score

Good match

at the reference profile: one person earning $6,700/mo gross, default weights.

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After estimated taxes in KS, your $6,700/mo income nets about $5,077 — covering estimated essentials here (about $859 rent plus everyday costs incl. local sales tax) with roughly $1,896 left over.

Expect summer highs near 93°F, winter lows around 24°F, and about 225 sunny days a year.

Home prices are within reach relative to local pay — the median home ($175,000) is about 3.0× the median household income.

Tradeoff: reported crime rates are higher than most cities here, so research specific neighborhoods before deciding.

AFFORD 100HOUSIN 96JOBS 44SAFETY 18CLIMAT 97AMENIT 39

The Wichita fit print

Est. monthly cost

$3,181/mo

Typical rent

$1,010/mo

Home value ÷ income

3.0×

Score breakdown

Affordability
100
Housing
96
Jobs
44
Safety
18
Climate
97
Amenities
39

The data behind the score

Money (Census ACS · HUD)

Median gross rent
$950/mo
HUD fair market rent (2BR)
$1,010/mo
Median home value
$175,000
Median household income
$58,000
Population
396,000

Work (BLS)

Unemployment rate
3.6%
Job growth (1yr)
0.7%

Safety (FBI CDE, per 100k)

Violent crime rate
1,050
Property crime rate
3,900

Climate (NOAA normals)

Avg. summer high
93°F
Avg. winter low
24°F
Sunny days / year
225
Days ≥100°F by 2050 (air temp)
≈39/yr
Dangerous humid days by 2050 (feels-like)
≈58/yr
Unhealthy air days
≈7/yr
Annual rain
34"
Annual snow
14"

Community & access (approx.)

2024 county margin
R+14
Int'l airport
≈200 mi
Walkability
34/100
Disaster risk
72/100
Buying instead of renting? Kansas's effective property tax runs about 1.34% of home value per year (≈$195/mo on the median $175,000 home). Our affordability score is rent-based, so this isn't double-counted.
A citywide number is an average. Rent, safety, and everything else vary block by block — treat these figures as a starting point and research specific neighborhoods before committing.

Data vintage: sample-approx-2024. Sources & methodology — this deployment is running the bundled sample dataset; figures are approximate.

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