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Carbondale, KS
Full City Profile · Kansas · Osage County County
3.6
/5.0
B+
Good
1,361
Population
1,864/sq mi density
$67,578
Median Income
$31,530 per capita
$112,300
Home Value
$197,232 Zillow
$606
Median Rent
34.3% income on rent
55°F
Avg Temperature
302 sunny days/yr
B+
Overall
3.6 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
A
Economy
4.2 / 5.0
$67,578 median income, 0.5% unemployment
A+
Affordability
5.0 / 5.0
$112,300 home value, $606/mo rent
C+
Safety
2.5 / 5.0
0 violent crimes/100K
C+
Education
2.5 / 5.0
18.8% bachelor's degree or higher
Parks & Recreation in Carbondale (10)
Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park
National Historical Park
The path to equality has been anything but smooth. It's taken courage and dedication by everyday people coming together for a common goal to carry the country toward true equality. Parents, teachers, secretaries, welders, ministers, and students drove their communities, and the country along wi...
Entrance: $0
Activities: Park Film, Museum Exhibits, Shopping, Bookstore and Park Store
Weather: Kansas has a temperate but continental climate, with great extremes between summer and winter temperatures but few long periods of extreme hot or cold.
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...
Hillsdale State Park
State Park
196 acres. Open Access
Entrance: $0
Kaw River State Park
State Park
69 acres. Open Access
Entrance: $0
Lewis And Clark State Park
State Park
206 acres. Open Access
Entrance: $0
Perry State Park
State Park
1,787 acres. Open Access
Entrance: $0
Pomona State Park
State Park
493 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...
Tuttle Creek State Parks
State Park
1,082 acres. Open Access
Entrance: $0
Weston Bend State Park
State Park
1,048 acres. Open Access
Entrance: $0