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Hiawatha is a small town of 3,197 people in Brown County, Kansas. It's about 39 miles from St. Joseph, MO and 73 miles from Kansas City, MO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 36°F, with about 17 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $122k and rent runs about $652 a month.
3,197people
$122kTypical home
$652/moRent
87° / 36°Summer / winter
17"Snow
251Sunny days
92Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,197
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,224 people per sq mi
- 73 mi to Kansas City, MO
- 39 mi to St. Joseph, MO
- 29 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $122k (≈$768/mo)
- Median rent $652/mo
- Median household income $69k
- Property tax about 1.2% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 36°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 64°F)
- 251 sunny days a year (103 totally clear)
- 114 cloudy days a year
- 35 of 90 winter days are gray
- 92 days a year with rain or snow
- 17" of snow a year
- 6 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 3 days a year over 100°F
- 26 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- About average violent crime (310 per 100k)
- Low property crime (1,100 per 100k)
People
- Median age 42
- 28% of households have kids
- 19% are 65 or older
- 18% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 14 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 58 mi to MCI airport
- 58 mi to MCI (major hub)
- 56 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 78% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1963
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 1,116 ft
- 688 mi to the ocean
- 271 mi to a big lake
- 28 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 40 mi to the nearest ski area
- 13 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 16 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 3 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 12 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 35% of Kansas districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 39 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 12 congregations per 10k people
- 30 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Brown County: R+48 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