City · Kingman County, Kansas

Kingman, Kansas

Kingman is a city in Kingman County, Kansas. It has 2,957 residents. Kingman, Kansas has a quality-of-life score of 40 out of 100 (low), ranking #9,448 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Kansas it ranks #157 of 202 cities and towns. It ranks best on public libraries (high), home price to income ratio (low) and time spent in the emergency room (low). It ranks worst on premature death (high), life expectancy (low) and primary care shortage (high).

40Low

Quality-of-life score: #9,448 of 15,651 cities and towns
Kansas: #157 of 202 in KS
Population: 2,957 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 823.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 2036950

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 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.

Safety67#5,184/15,637
Economy32#10,693/15,631
Housing96#628/14,977
Health14#13,427/15,609
Healthcare19#12,754/15,650
Environment46#8,308/15,453
Education39#9,595/15,649
Infrastructure34#10,257/15,650
Community74#4,110/15,651
Leisure & amenities17#13,047/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Kingman, Kansas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Kingman 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

Public libraries · high5.7 /10k
99/100Kansas 1.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesKingman County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.5×
98/100Kansas 2.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Time spent in the emergency room · low97 min
97/100Kansas 129 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesKingman County value
Students per teacher · low10.7×
96/100Kansas 13.3×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsKingman County value
Social associations · high17.0 /10k
95/100Kansas 13.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKingman County value
Child care cost burden · low20.3%
94/100Kansas 18.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKingman County value

Weaknesses

Premature death · high26,445 /100k
0/100Kansas 8,407 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKingman County value
Life expectancy · low61.7 yrs
0/100Kansas 76.8 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKingman County value
Primary care shortage · high20.0
1/100Kansas 8.8United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationKingman County value
Dentists · low14 /100k
2/100Kansas 64 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKingman County value
Traffic deaths · high38.8 /100k
3/100Kansas 13.5 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataKingman County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Kansas 4.7 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyKingman County value

Trends

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

New homes permittedImproving
1.0 /1k (2021) → 4.7 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+391%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
71.0% (2015-2019) → 84.6% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
19.7% (2015-2019) → 26.1% (2020-2024)
+6.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
92.0% (2015-2019) → 87.1% (2020-2024)
−4.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
36.7% (2015-2019) → 41.3% (2020-2024)
+4.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
17.7% (2015-2019) → 22.1% (2020-2024)
+4.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

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, Kingman, 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

Broadband+14 points71.0% → 84.6%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Kingman, Kansas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	18.1 min2015-2019	18.7 min2020-2024	+0.6 min	Within the margin of error	41%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%2015-2019	22.1%2020-2024	+4.3 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Broadband subscriptions	71.0%2015-2019	84.6%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	75%
Effective property tax rate	1.93%2015-2019	1.63%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	75%
High school diploma or higher	92.0%2015-2019	87.1%2020-2024	−4.9 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Home price to income ratio	1.5×2015-2019	1.5×2020-2024	−0.0×	Within the margin of error	79%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4042015-2019	0.4222020-2024	+0.018	Within the margin of error	35%
Median household income	$52,0422015-2019	$48,7502020-2024	−6.3%	Within the margin of error	4%
Poverty rate	7.8%2015-2019	10.4%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Rent as share of income	19.7%2015-2019	26.1%2020-2024	+6.4 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Rent-burdened households	36.7%2015-2019	41.3%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.9%2015-2019	10.1%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	32%

“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 Kingman, Kansas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Kingman, 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, Kingman, Kansas itself moved −10.1 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

2,957 residents (±32)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

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

Household income

1,474 households (±125)

Kingman, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $25k20%†296
$25k–50k30%†441
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,474 households (±125)

Kingman, Kansas
Kansas share

Own56%824
Rent44%650

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−16.7 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

1,478 workers (±153)

Kingman, Kansas
Kansas share

Drive alone86%1,275
Carpool8.0%†118
Public transit0.0%0

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 Kingman County, the county holding most of Kingman's residents.

Kingman County has 210 employer establishments, 295 for every 10,000 residents (1.19× the US rate of 248; 1.14× Kansas's), with 1,937 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,749. The Census Bureau also counts 645 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 210; 645 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 295; US 248 · Kansas 258
Paid employees: 1,937
Average annual pay: $44,749; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	21	29.5	1.91×More than typical	112	$50,821	57
Ambulatory health care services	13	18.3	0.88×About typical	33	$35,667	17
Restaurants and other eating places	13	18.3	1.00×About typical	166	$17,880	6
Religious organizations	12	16.9	3.04×More than typical	52	$18,942	—
Limited-service restaurants	8	11.3	1.40×Too few to compare	84	$19,583	—
Offices of other health practitioners	8	11.3	1.85×Too few to compare	24	$31,208	8
Other specialty trade contractors	8	11.3	4.48×Too few to compare	48	$49,563	24
Building equipment contractors	7	9.8	1.64×Too few to compare	31	$57,774	9
Insurance agencies and brokerages	7	9.8	2.24×Too few to compare	45	$64,067	10
Services to buildings and dwellings	6	8.4	1.25×Too few to compare	13	$24,385	48
Banks and credit unions	5	7	2.18×Too few to compare	73	$60,863	3
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	5	7	2.13×Too few to compare	25	$54,240	3

Rank places for an industry Open Kingman County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 7,107 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

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Kingman, Kansas: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

15KFY2021
-295.4FY2023
-3KFY2025

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Kingman, Kansas, so they do not add up across cities.

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

See federal money in Kingman 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.

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

House

Ron EstesR-KS-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.2%

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.

Kingman County55100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Kingman 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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