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Fairway is a small town of 4,159 people in Johnson County, Kansas. It's about 8 miles from Kansas City, MO. Summer highs average 89°F and winter highs 39°F, with about 12 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $618k and rent runs about $2k a month.
4,159people
$618kTypical home
$1,944/moRent
89° / 39°Summer / winter
12"Snow
245Sunny days
86Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 4,159
- Part of a metro area
- About 3,684 people per sq mi
- 8 mi to Kansas City, MO
- 8 mi to Kansas City, MO
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $618k (≈$3,897/mo)
- Median rent $1,944/mo
- Median household income $153k
- Property tax about 1.2% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 89°F
- Winter highs around 39°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 66°F)
- 245 sunny days a year (105 totally clear)
- 120 cloudy days a year
- 37 of 90 winter days are gray
- 86 days a year with rain or snow
- 12" of snow a year
- 5 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 4 days a year over 100°F
- 11 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (194 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,301 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 38
- 29% of households have kids
- 13% are 65 or older
- 82% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 19 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 20 mi to MCI airport
- 20 mi to MCI (major hub)
- 5 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 93% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1950
- 99% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 958 ft
- 626 mi to the ocean
- 346 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 6 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 75 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,333 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 112 bars within 25 mi
- 392 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 12 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 77 museums within 25 mi
- 35 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 35% of Kansas districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 2 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 3 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Johnson County: D+8 in 2024
- Kansas: R+16 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk