Micro area · Kansas

Salina, KS micropolitan area

Salina, KS is a micropolitan area of 2 counties in Kansas, home to 59,121 residents. Salina, KS micropolitan area has a quality-of-life score of 69 out of 100 (high), ranking #290 of 925 US metro and micro areas. Among metro and micro areas based in Kansas it ranks #4 of 17. It ranks best on child care cost burden (low), distance to an emergency room (low) and mammography screening (high). It ranks worst on property crime rate (high), comfortable days (low) and violent crime rate (high).

69High
Quality-of-life score
#290 of 925 metro and micro areas
Kansas
#4 of 17 in KS
Population
59,121 (2025)
Land area
1,441 mi²
Density
41.0 /mi²
CBSA code
41460

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 66 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Location of Salina, KS micropolitan area

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

  • Safety25#690/924
  • Economy70#275/925
  • Housing72#258/925
  • Health55#415/925
  • Healthcare86#128/923
  • Environment42#536/917
  • Education75#235/925
  • Infrastructure80#188/925
  • Community72#256/925
  • Leisure & amenities33#618/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Salina, KS micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Weaknesses

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.

Metro and micro areas like Salina, KS micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Salina, KS micropolitan area 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.

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).

Income

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

Homes

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

Getting to work

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

Jobs and pay

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

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.

Federal contract spending

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Counties in Salina, KS

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

  1. Saline CountyCentral county7353,377
  2. Ottawa CountyOutlying county635,744

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

  1. SalinaPrincipal city46,307

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

  1. Salina46,307
  2. Minneapolis2,043
  3. Solomon892
  4. Bennington651
  5. Assaria521
  6. Gypsum443
  7. Delphos320
  8. Tescott235
  9. Brookville191
  10. Smolan148
  11. New Cambria144
  12. Kipp129
  13. Falun125
  14. Niles84
  15. Culver83
  16. Mentor83
  17. Ada67
  18. Bavaria50
  19. Bridgeport29
  20. Wells10

Other metro and micro areas in Kansas

Areas based in Kansas, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

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