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Altoona, KS
Full City Profile · Kansas · Wilson County County
2.8
/5.0
C+
Fair
409
Population
772/sq mi density
$44,107
Median Income
$22,501 per capita
$50,200
Home Value
$95,577 Zillow
$706
Median Rent
36.3% income on rent
57°F
Avg Temperature
305 sunny days/yr
83
Violent Crime/100K
2,120 property/100K
C+
Overall
2.8 / 5.0
Fair overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
B+
Economy
3.5 / 5.0
$44,107 median income, 1.3% unemployment
A+
Affordability
5.0 / 5.0
$50,200 home value, $706/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
83 violent crimes/100K
D
Education
1.8 / 5.0
9.4% bachelor's degree or higher
Parks & Recreation in Altoona (12)
Bernice State Park
State Park
108 acres. Open Access
Entrance: $0
Crawford Fishing Lake Number One
State Park
4 acres. Open Access
Entrance: $0
Crawford State Park
State Park
365 acres. Open Access
Entrance: $0
Crawford State Park Lake
State Park
108 acres. Open Access
Entrance: $0
Elk City State Park
State Park
590 acres. Open Access
Entrance: $0
Fall River State Park
State Park
931 acres. Open Access
Entrance: $0
Fort Scott National Historic Site
National Historic Site
Promises made and broken! Who deserves to be free? The fight for freedom! Soldiers fighting settlers! Each of these stories is a link in the chain of events that encircled Fort Scott from 1842-1873. All of the site's structures, its parade ground, and its tallgrass prairie bear witness to this ...
Entrance: $0
Activities: Guided Tours, Living History, Historic Weapons Demonstration, Junior Ranger Program, Park Film, Museum Exhibits, Shopping, Bookstore and Park Store
Weather: Spring and autumn are pleasant with mild temperatures. Summers are generally hot and humid, while winters are mild with periods of cold weather, snowfall, and ice storms. Thunderstorms, some severe, a...
Honey Creek State Park
State Park
30 acres. Open Access
Entrance: $0
Osage Hills State Park
State Park
896 acres. Open Access
Entrance: $0
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
National Preserve
Tallgrass prairie once covered 170 million acres of North America, but within a generation most of it had been transformed into farms, cities, and towns. Today less than 4% remains intact, mostly in the Kansas Flint Hills. Established on November 12, 1996, the preserve protects a nationally signific...
Entrance: $0
Activities: Arts and Culture, Cultural Demonstrations, Astronomy, Stargazing, Fishing, Freshwater Fishing, Food, Picnicking, Guided Tours, Self-Guided Tours - Walking, Hands-On, Hiking, Backcountry Hiking, Front-...
Weather: Typical weather for the preserve ranges from lows of 0 degrees in the winter and highs of 90 + degrees in the summer. Prevailing prairie winds attribute to winter blizzards and occasional summer storm...
Toronto State Park
State Park
1,222 acres. Open Access
Entrance: $0
Twin Bridges State Park
State Park
68 acres. Open Access
Entrance: $0