The City of Hays has been recognized by NerdWallet, Inc. as one of the ten best cities in Kansas for young families.

NerdWallet, Inc. rates communities from each state using a methodology that looks at school quality, median home value, monthly homeowner costs, median household income, and income change between 1999 and 2011.

Other cities included in the Top Ten were: Andover, Spring Hill, Gardner, Mulvane, De Soto, Eudora, Overland Park, Leawood, and Abilene.  Of these communities, only Hays and Abilene are not located in proximity to a major metropolitan area. The City of Hays has Fort Hays State University.

Abilene is the only Kansas community included in the Top Ten not located in a major metropolitan area or with a university.

Sixty-one Kansas and areas designated as places by the U.S. Census Bureau were included in the analysis. Only places with populations greater than 5,000 were considered.

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