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Country around Canton is a rural area of about 1,191 people in Marion County, Kansas, named for the post office its ZIP code uses. It's about 48 miles from Wichita, KS and 163 miles from Kansas City, MO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 93°F and winter highs 42°F, with about 13 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $148k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,191people
$148kTypical home
$1,057/moRent
93° / 42°Summer / winter
13"Snow
268Sunny days
75Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Rural — about 1,191 people spread over the area
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 10 people per sq mi
- 163 mi to Kansas City, MO
- 48 mi to Wichita, KS
- 13 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $148k (≈$931/mo)
- Median rent $1,057/mo
- Median household income $76k
- Property tax about 1.4% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 93°F
- Winter highs around 42°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 64°F)
- 268 sunny days a year (114 totally clear)
- 97 cloudy days a year
- 29 of 90 winter days are gray
- 75 days a year with rain or snow
- 13" of snow a year
- 5 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 11 days a year over 100°F
- 15 nights a year below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- Very low violent crime (136 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (510 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 43
- 31% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 20% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 31 mi to SLN airport
- 159 mi to MCI (major hub)
- 23 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 94% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1944
- 84% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 1,585 ft
- 611 mi to the ocean
- 291 mi to a big lake
- 19 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 151 mi to the nearest ski area
- 18 mi to the nearest campground
- 8 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 30 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 12 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 8 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 36 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 8% of Kansas districts (reading)
- 10 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 14 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 23 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 17 mi to the nearest vet
- 12 mi to the nearest dog park
- 24 congregations per 10k people
- 20 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Marion County: R+49 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
- Low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk