City · Pawnee County, Kansas

Larned, Kansas

Larned is a city in Pawnee County, Kansas. It has 3,423 residents. Larned, Kansas has a quality-of-life score of 53 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #7,304 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Kansas it ranks #117 of 202 cities and towns. It ranks best on firearm deaths (low), child care cost burden (low) and drug overdose deaths (low). It ranks worst on dentists (low), public EV charging ports (low) and injury deaths (high).

53Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #7,304 of 15,651 cities and towns
Kansas: #117 of 202 in KS
Population: 3,423 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 1,420.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 2038700

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.

Safety50#7,832/15,637
Economy39#9,472/15,631
Housing81#2,915/14,977
Health35#10,163/15,609
Healthcare59#6,461/15,650
Environment68#5,017/15,453
Education79#3,322/15,649
Infrastructure26#11,555/15,650
Community41#9,272/15,651
Leisure & amenities42#9,037/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Kansas 16.2 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataPawnee County value
Child care cost burden · low17.2%
99/100Kansas 18.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePawnee County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Kansas 15.3 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionPawnee County value
Distance to an emergency room · low2.6 mi
98/100Kansas 5.2 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesPawnee County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low93 min
98/100Kansas 129 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesPawnee County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.7×
97/100Kansas 2.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Weaknesses

Dentists · low16 /100k
3/100Kansas 64 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePawnee County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Kansas 4.7 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyPawnee County value
Injury deaths · high147 /100k
4/100Kansas 88 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePawnee County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Kansas 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPawnee County value
Traffic deaths · high35.7 /100k
5/100Kansas 13.5 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataPawnee County value
Voter turnout · low51.2%
5/100Kansas 62.9%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionPawnee County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
3,813 (2015-2019) → 3,423 (2020-2024)
−10%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Average commute timeWorsening
9.7 min (2015-2019) → 21.8 min (2020-2024)
+125%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
28.2% (2015-2019) → 44.3% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
74.1% (2015-2019) → 87.5% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateWorsening
5.4% (2015-2019) → 14.0% (2020-2024)
+8.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
5.3% (2015-2019) → 11.0% (2020-2024)
+5.8 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, Larned, Kansas improved on 2 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 8 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.

Improved2

Broadband+13 points74.1% → 87.5%
Household income+27%$43,789 → $55,648

Declined3

Commute+12.1 min9.7 min → 21.8 min
Inequality+0.0980.385 → 0.483
Poverty+8.5 points5.4% → 14.0%

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Larned, Kansas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	9.7 min2015-2019	21.8 min2020-2024	+12.1 min	Declined	1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%2015-2019	19.9%2020-2024	−3.9 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Broadband subscriptions	74.1%2015-2019	87.5%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	74%
Effective property tax rate	1.87%2015-2019	1.75%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	42%
High school diploma or higher	95.2%2015-2019	91.2%2020-2024	−4 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Home price to income ratio	1.8×2015-2019	1.7×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	84%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3852015-2019	0.4832020-2024	+0.098	Declined	5%
Median household income	$43,7892015-2019	$55,6482020-2024	+27%	Improved	49%
Poverty rate	5.4%2015-2019	14.0%2020-2024	+8.5 points	Declined	6%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	22.3%2015-2019	28.0%2020-2024	+5.7 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Rent-burdened households	28.2%2015-2019	44.3%2020-2024	+16 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.3%2015-2019	12.8%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	16%

“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 Larned, Kansas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Larned, 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, Larned, Kansas itself moved −20 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

3,423 residents (±203)

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: 60–69 men (−6.2 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

3,423 residents (±203)

Larned, Kansas
Kansas share

White79%2,693
Black5.0%†170
Hispanic or Latino12%402

Education

2,563 residents (±181)

Larned, Kansas
Kansas share

No high school diploma8.8%†226
High school or GED28%708
Some college31%785

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

1,538 households (±147)

Larned, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $25k17%†257
$25k–50k30%†464
$50k–75k18%†281
$75k–100k10%†154
$100k–150k14%†209
$150k–200k3.7%†57
$200k or more7.5%†116

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+6.9 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 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

1,538 households (±147)

Larned, Kansas
Kansas share

Own59%901
Rent41%637

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

587 households (±165)

Larned, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $75049%†285
$750–1,00016%†93
$1,000–1,50033%†191

Home values

901 homes (±151)

Larned, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $150k69%619
$150k–250k20%†177
$250k–400k12%†105

Age of homes

1,977 homes (±110)

Larned, Kansas
Kansas share

2010 or later3.1%†61
2000–20097.5%†149
1980–199912%†232

Size of homes

1,977 homes (±110)

Larned, Kansas
Kansas share

Studio1.0%†19
1 bedroom12%†244
2 bedrooms40%787

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

1,601 workers (±177)

Larned, Kansas
Kansas share

Drive alone80%1,288
Carpool8.8%†141
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.8%†12
Bike0.0%0
Work from home10.0%†160
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+8.5 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,441 workers (±172)

Larned, Kansas
Kansas share

Under 15 min65%938
15–29 min13%†187
30–44 min9.2%†133

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

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 Pawnee County, the county holding most of Larned's residents.

Pawnee County has 140 employer establishments, 229 for every 10,000 residents (0.92× the US rate of 248; 0.89× Kansas's), with 1,558 paid employees at an average annual pay of $59,082. The Census Bureau also counts 369 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 140; 369 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 229; US 248 · Kansas 258
Paid employees: 1,558
Average annual pay: $59,082; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	10	16.4	0.89×About typical	104	$13,346	—
Banks and credit unions	7	11.5	3.55×Too few to compare	30	$53,567	—
Ambulatory health care services	6	9.8	0.47×Too few to compare	27	$38,741	18
Religious organizations	6	9.8	1.77×Too few to compare	24	$12,375	—
Specialty trade contractors	6	9.8	0.63×Too few to compare	67	$65,567	25
Construction of buildings	5	8.2	1.08×Too few to compare	11	$42,455	11
Full-service restaurants	5	8.2	1.07×Too few to compare	24	$15,208	—
Lessors of real estate	5	8.2	0.66×Too few to compare	9	$44,667	30
Automotive repair and maintenance	4	6.6	1.30×Too few to compare	11	$38,000	10
Insurance agencies and brokerages	4	6.6	1.49×Too few to compare	4	$60,250	5
Limited-service restaurants	4	6.6	0.82×Too few to compare	71	$13,761	—
Management, scientific and technical consulting	4	6.6	0.98×Too few to compare	3	$55,667	9

Rank places for an industry Open Pawnee County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 6,104 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: Larned is mostly in Pawnee County.

See federal money in Pawnee 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.

Larned, Kansas is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).