Youngest Cities in Kansas

The top 25 of 38 Kansas cities on GIS Map, ranked by lowest median age.

#	City	County	Median age	Population
1	Manhattan	Riley	25.7 years	54,239
2	Pittsburg	Crawford	25.7 years	20,637
3	Junction City	Geary	28.8 years	22,331
4	Atchison	Atchison	29.1 years	10,785
5	Lawrence	Douglas	29.3 years	96,051
6	Dodge City	Ford	30.2 years	27,613
7	Emporia	Lyon	30.2 years	24,131
8	Hays	Ellis	30.2 years	21,143
9	Liberal	Seward	30.6 years	19,316
10	Gardner	Johnson	30.7 years	24,526
11	Garden City	Finney	31.6 years	27,819
12	Iola	Allen	32.6 years	5,348
13	Kansas City	Wyandotte	33.9 years	155,135
14	McPherson	McPherson	35.4 years	13,995
15	Wichita	Sedgwick	35.7 years	397,945
16	Derby	Sedgwick	35.9 years	26,062
17	Leavenworth	Leavenworth	35.9 years	37,195
18	Chanute	Neosho	36.1 years	8,598
19	El Dorado	Butler	36.2 years	12,769
20	Great Bend	Barton	36.5 years	14,479
21	Ottawa	Franklin	36.9 years	12,678
22	Lenexa	Johnson	37.2 years	58,384
23	Olathe	Johnson	37.2 years	145,057
24	Lansing	Leavenworth	37.8 years	11,246
25	Topeka	Shawnee	38 years	125,786

Top Kansas Counties

Counties ranked by lowest median age.

1. Riley County25.5 years 2. Geary County27.1 years 3. Seward County31 years 4. Douglas County31.6 years 5. Finney County31.9 years 6. Hamilton County32.1 years 7. Ford County32.3 years 8. Lyon County33.1 years 9. Ellis County33.2 years 10. Grant County33.4 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Only cities covered by GIS Map with at least 1,000 residents are ranked. Estimates carry margins of error.

Citing this page: GIS Map, “Youngest Cities in Kansas”, https://gismap.land/rankings/kansas/youngest-cities. Figures from U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

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