Living in Attica, KS
Attica is a tiny town of 543 people in Harper County, Kansas. It's about 57 miles from Wichita, KS and 129 miles from Oklahoma City, OK, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 94°F and winter highs 46°F, with about 11 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $67k and rent runs about $667 a month.
543people
$67kTypical home
$667/moRent
94° / 46°Summer / winter
11"Snow
279Sunny days
68Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 543
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 856 people per sq mi
- 129 mi to Oklahoma City, OK
- 57 mi to Wichita, KS
- 53 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $67k (≈$421/mo)
- Median rent $667/mo
- Median household income $49k
- Property tax about 1.9% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 94°F
- Winter highs around 46°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 64°F)
- 279 sunny days a year (123 totally clear)
- 86 cloudy days a year
- 26 of 90 winter days are gray
- 68 days a year with rain or snow
- 11" of snow a year
- 4 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 17 days a year over 100°F
- 7 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (204 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (630 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 50
- 29% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 23% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 12% walk or take transit to work
- 52 mi to ICT airport
- 132 mi to OKC (major hub)
- 59 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 87% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1955
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,476 ft
- 549 mi to the ocean
- 211 mi to a big lake
- 52 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 234 mi to the nearest ski area
- 11 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 5 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 37 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 2% of Kansas districts (reading)
- 13 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 13 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 40 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 40 mi to the nearest vet
- 46 mi to the nearest dog park
- 24 congregations per 10k people
- 36 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Harper County: R+64 in 2024
- Kansas: R+16 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk