City · Crawford County, Kansas

Frontenac, Kansas

Frontenac is a city in Crawford County, Kansas, part of the Pittsburg, KS metro area. It has 3,392 residents. Frontenac, Kansas has a quality-of-life score of 45 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,541 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Kansas it ranks #141 of 202 cities and towns. It ranks best on rent as share of income (low), rent-burdened households (low) and distance to an emergency room (low). It ranks worst on suicide rate (high), primary care shortage (high) and average weekly wage (low).

45Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,541 of 15,651 cities and towns
Kansas: #141 of 202 in KS
Population: 3,392 (2020-2024)
Land area: 5 mi²
Density: 637.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 2024850

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety25#11,721/15,637
Economy48#8,079/15,631
Housing93#1,013/14,977
Health44#8,746/15,609
Healthcare41#9,301/15,650
Environment32#10,491/15,453
Education56#6,885/15,649
Infrastructure35#10,129/15,650
Community51#7,643/15,651
Leisure & amenities51#7,652/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Frontenac, Kansas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Crawford County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Rent as share of income · low23.6%
93/100Kansas 27.1%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Rent-burdened households · low35.8%
93/100Kansas 43.5%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Distance to an emergency room · low3.1 mi
91/100Kansas 5.2 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCrawford County value
Child care cost burden · low21.3%
91/100Kansas 18.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCrawford County value
Average commute time · low19.4 min
91/100Kansas 19.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Public libraries · high1.8 /10k
89/100Kansas 1.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesCrawford County value

Weaknesses

Suicide rate · high33.5 /100k
2/100Kansas 18.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100k2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionCrawford County value
Primary care shortage · high18.0
5/100Kansas 8.8United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationCrawford County value
Average weekly wage · low$919
7/100Kansas $1,216United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCrawford County value
Food environment index · low6.5
8/100Kansas 7.0United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCrawford County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · high104 mi
9/100Kansas 30 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauCrawford County value
Voter turnout · low55.9%
13/100Kansas 62.9%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionCrawford County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
56.1% (2015-2019) → 35.8% (2020-2024)
−20 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
34.4% (2015-2019) → 23.6% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
4.6% (2015-2019) → 10.5% (2020-2024)
+5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
97.7% (2015-2019) → 92.1% (2020-2024)
−5.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Average commute timeWorsening
15.7 min (2015-2019) → 19.4 min (2020-2024)
+24%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Child poverty rateWorsening
2.9% (2015-2019) → 7.5% (2020-2024)
+4.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Frontenac, Kansas improved on 1 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Property tax−0.5 points1.40% → 0.93%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Frontenac, Kansas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	15.7 min2015-2019	19.4 min2020-2024	+3.7 min	Within the margin of error	15%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.9%2015-2019	32.7%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Broadband subscriptions	84.8%2015-2019	83.0%2020-2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Effective property tax rate	1.40%2015-2019	0.93%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Improved	89%
High school diploma or higher	97.7%2015-2019	92.1%2020-2024	−5.6 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	48%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3862015-2019	0.4222020-2024	+0.036	Within the margin of error	23%
Median household income	$56,4672015-2019	$58,7332020-2024	+4%	Within the margin of error	10%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	34.4%2015-2019	23.6%2020-2024	−11 points	Within the margin of error	94%
Rent-burdened households	56.1%2015-2019	35.8%2020-2024	−20 points	Within the margin of error	94%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.6%2015-2019	10.5%2020-2024	+5.9 points	Within the margin of error	8%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Frontenac, Kansas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Frontenac, Kansas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Frontenac, Kansas itself moved −2.2 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

3,392 residents (±29)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 80 and over men (+2.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

3,392 residents (±29)

Frontenac, Kansas
Kansas share

White94%3,188
Black0.2%†8
Hispanic or Latino0.0%0

Education

2,395 residents (±157)

Frontenac, Kansas
Kansas share

No high school diploma7.9%†189
High school or GED20%†477
Some college23%548

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,490 households (±139)

Frontenac, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $25k14%†209
$25k–50k28%†413
$50k–75k17%†259
$75k–100k21%†320
$100k–150k13%†194
$150k–200k3.0%†45
$200k or more3.4%†50

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,490 households (±139)

Frontenac, Kansas
Kansas share

Own73%1,087
Rent27%403

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

397 households (±117)

Frontenac, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $75044%†174
$750–1,00031%†124
$1,000–1,50018%†70

Home values

1,087 homes (±155)

Frontenac, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $150k37%†404
$150k–250k39%†421
$250k–400k15%†165

Age of homes

1,714 homes (±148)

Frontenac, Kansas
Kansas share

2010 or later2.4%†41
2000–200920%†349
1980–199926%†453

Size of homes

1,714 homes (±148)

Frontenac, Kansas
Kansas share

Studio1.6%†28
1 bedroom7.2%†123
2 bedrooms18%†302

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,680 workers (±203)

Frontenac, Kansas
Kansas share

Drive alone89%1,500
Carpool7.6%†128
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home3.1%†52
Other0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,628 workers (±221)

Frontenac, Kansas
Kansas share

Under 15 min51%824
15–29 min34%†548
30–44 min6.6%†107

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Pittsburg, KS

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Crawford County, the county holding most of Frontenac's residents.

Crawford County has 901 employer establishments, 231 for every 10,000 residents (0.93× the US rate of 248; 0.90× Kansas's), with 15,708 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,122. The Census Bureau also counts 2,377 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 901; 2,377 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 231; US 248 · Kansas 258
Paid employees: 15,708
Average annual pay: $44,122; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Crawford County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	82	21.1	1.01×About typical	1,127	$49,022	91
Restaurants and other eating places	65	16.7	0.91×About typical	1,295	$14,977	18
Specialty trade contractors	63	16.2	1.05×About typical	937	$44,739	229
Religious organizations	38	9.8	1.76×More than typical	237	$20,143	—
Full-service restaurants	36	9.2	1.20×About typical	651	$15,330	8
Offices of physicians	26	6.7	1.03×About typical	216	$38,546	27
Banks and credit unions	24	6.2	1.91×More than typical	250	$57,624	4
Building equipment contractors	24	6.2	1.02×About typical	607	$44,853	54
Lessors of real estate	23	5.9	0.48×Fewer than typical	63	$36,746	227
Limited-service restaurants	23	5.9	0.74×Fewer than typical	586	$14,454	3
Services to buildings and dwellings	23	5.9	0.88×About typical	99	$29,475	166
Automotive repair and maintenance	22	5.7	1.12×About typical	103	$34,029	44

Rank places for an industry Open Crawford County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 38,938 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Frontenac is mostly in Crawford County.

See federal money in Crawford County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Frontenac, Kansas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Derek SchmidtR-KS-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.7%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Crawford County48100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Pittsburg, KS38

Other cities and towns in Crawford County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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