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Kansas Freedom Map

Compare all 105 Kansas counties for tiny homes, RV living, off-grid living, homesteading, land affordability, solar, broadband, climate, public land, and county-rule research.

County profiles105
Regions7
Verified profiles0
Top score82

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Allen County: Freedom Score 57Anderson County: Freedom Score 60Atchison County: Freedom Score 52Barber County: Freedom Score 80Barton County: Freedom Score 56Bourbon County: Freedom Score 65Brown County: Freedom Score 63Butler County: Freedom Score 56Chase County: Freedom Score 68Chautauqua County: Freedom Score 81Cherokee County: Freedom Score 65Cheyenne County: Freedom Score 76Clark County: Freedom Score 77Clay County: Freedom Score 55Cloud County: Freedom Score 64Coffey County: Freedom Score 63Comanche County: Freedom Score 81Cowley County: Freedom Score 64Crawford County: Freedom Score 52Decatur County: Freedom Score 75Dickinson County: Freedom Score 64Doniphan County: Freedom Score 57Douglas County: Freedom Score 43Edwards County: Freedom Score 74Elk County: Freedom Score 79Ellis County: Freedom Score 57Ellsworth County: Freedom Score 64Finney County: Freedom Score 57Ford County: Freedom Score 52Franklin County: Freedom Score 58Geary County: Freedom Score 51Gove County: Freedom Score 71Graham County: Freedom Score 76Grant County: Freedom Score 69Gray County: Freedom Score 76Greeley County: Freedom Score 82Greenwood County: Freedom Score 77Hamilton County: Freedom Score 81Harper County: Freedom Score 75Harvey County: Freedom Score 52Haskell County: Freedom Score 64Hodgeman County: Freedom Score 63Jackson County: Freedom Score 65Jefferson County: Freedom Score 51Jewell County: Freedom Score 73Johnson County: Freedom Score 31Kearny County: Freedom Score 78Kingman County: Freedom Score 74Kiowa County: Freedom Score 75Labette County: Freedom Score 51Lane County: Freedom Score 76Leavenworth County: Freedom Score 49Lincoln County: Freedom Score 74Linn County: Freedom Score 65Logan County: Freedom Score 65Lyon County: Freedom Score 51Marion County: Freedom Score 60Marshall County: Freedom Score 55McPherson County: Freedom Score 51Meade County: Freedom Score 65Miami County: Freedom Score 56Mitchell County: Freedom Score 63Montgomery County: Freedom Score 73Morris County: Freedom Score 64Morton County: Freedom Score 81Nemaha County: Freedom Score 66Neosho County: Freedom Score 55Ness County: Freedom Score 76Norton County: Freedom Score 65Osage County: Freedom Score 63Osborne County: Freedom Score 75Ottawa County: Freedom Score 74Pawnee County: Freedom Score 76Phillips County: Freedom Score 64Pottawatomie County: Freedom Score 56Pratt County: Freedom Score 67Rawlins County: Freedom Score 76Reno County: Freedom Score 56Republic County: Freedom Score 62Rice County: Freedom Score 56Riley County: Freedom Score 47Rooks County: Freedom Score 75Rush County: Freedom Score 76Russell County: Freedom Score 76Saline County: Freedom Score 62Scott County: Freedom Score 68Sedgwick County: Freedom Score 35Seward County: Freedom Score 52Shawnee County: Freedom Score 41Sheridan County: Freedom Score 64Sherman County: Freedom Score 74Smith County: Freedom Score 72Stafford County: Freedom Score 75Stanton County: Freedom Score 65Stevens County: Freedom Score 65Sumner County: Freedom Score 55Thomas County: Freedom Score 64Trego County: Freedom Score 76Wabaunsee County: Freedom Score 75Wallace County: Freedom Score 82Washington County: Freedom Score 65Wichita County: Freedom Score 64Wilson County: Freedom Score 64Woodson County: Freedom Score 74Wyandotte County: Freedom Score 30
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Kansas Is Part Of The Shared Freedom Map Platform

A sourced discovery dataset for Kansas rural land, plains homesteading, small-town counties, RV living, off-grid screening, and county-rule research, with county-office confirmation still pending. These pages use the same county template, scoring model, and source-first workflow as Colorado.

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Kansas County Rankings

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Kansas Counties By Lifestyle Goal

Start with a use case, compare the top county-level candidates, then move into parcel-level zoning, water, septic, access, and covenant research.

Tiny

Best For Tiny Home Research

4/5

County-level candidates where tiny-home research starts with stronger alternative-housing scores, rural land context, and source coverage.

Top starts: Greeley, Wallace, Chautauqua

RV

Best For RV Living Research

4/5

Counties worth comparing for RV occupancy, temporary use, sanitation, access, construction, and covenant questions.

Top starts: Greeley, Wallace, Chautauqua

Off grid

Best For Off-Grid Living

5/5

Stronger off-grid discovery candidates based on rural density, land affordability, solar, public land, water, septic, and county-rule research.

Top starts: Greeley, Wallace, Chautauqua

Land

Cheapest Rural Land

100/100

Lower price-per-acre counties that still need practical screening for water, septic, roads, covenants, access, and total development cost.

Top starts: Greeley, Wallace, Kearny

Public

Best Public Land Access

0.1M

Counties with major public-land acreage and recreation signals, balanced against private parcel access and buildability constraints.

Top starts: Morton, Riley, Geary

Overall

Highest Freedom Scores

82

The broadest starting point for comparing counties across lifestyle scores, land affordability, taxes, solar, broadband, and public land.

Top starts: Greeley, Wallace, Chautauqua

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Kansas Lifestyle Research Paths

Use these guides to translate county rankings into practical due-diligence checklists for your intended housing and land-use plan.

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County Profiles

#1

Greeley County

Central Kansas and Northeast Metro Corridor

82
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
100
Partially sourced#2

Wallace County

Northwest, North Central, and Kansas River Corridor

82
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
100
Partially sourced#3

Chautauqua County

Southern and Southeast Kansas

81
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
94
Partially sourced#4

Comanche County

Southern and Southeast Kansas

81
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
100
Partially sourced#5

Hamilton County

West Central and East Central Kansas

81
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
98
Partially sourced#6

Morton County

Southern and Southeast Kansas

81
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
100
Partially sourced#7

Barber County

Southern and Southeast Kansas

80
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
96
Partially sourced#8

Elk County

Southern and Southeast Kansas

79
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
93
Partially sourced#9

Kearny County

West Central and East Central Kansas

78
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
100
Partially sourced#10

Clark County

Southern and Southeast Kansas

77
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
95
Partially sourced#11

Greenwood County

Southern and Southeast Kansas

77
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
85
Partially sourced#12

Cheyenne County

Northern Kansas

76
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
100
Partially sourced#13

Graham County

Kansas

76
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
100
Partially sourced#14

Gray County

Southwest to Flint Hills Corridor

76
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
99
Partially sourced#15

Lane County

Central Kansas and Northeast Metro Corridor

76
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
100
Partially sourced#16

Ness County

Central Kansas and Northeast Metro Corridor

76
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
100
Partially sourced#17

Pawnee County

West Central and East Central Kansas

76
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
100
Partially sourced#18

Rawlins County

Northern Kansas

76
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
99
Partially sourced#19

Rush County

Central Kansas and Northeast Metro Corridor

76
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
100
Partially sourced#20

Russell County

Northwest, North Central, and Kansas River Corridor

76
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
99
Partially sourced#21

Trego County

Northwest, North Central, and Kansas River Corridor

76
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
98
Partially sourced#22

Decatur County

Northern Kansas

75
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
98
Partially sourced#23

Harper County

Southern and Southeast Kansas

75
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
97
Partially sourced#24

Kiowa County

Southern and Southeast Kansas

75
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
99
Partially sourced#25

Osborne County

Kansas

75
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
100
Partially sourced#26

Rooks County

Kansas

75
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
100
Partially sourced#27

Stafford County

West Central and East Central Kansas

75
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
97
Partially sourced#28

Wabaunsee County

Central Kansas and Northeast Metro Corridor

75
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
93
Partially sourced#29

Edwards County

Southwest to Flint Hills Corridor

74
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
91
Partially sourced#30

Kingman County

Southwest to Flint Hills Corridor

74
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
90
Partially sourced#31

Lincoln County

Northwest, North Central, and Kansas River Corridor

74
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
96
Partially sourced#32

Ottawa County

Northwest, North Central, and Kansas River Corridor

74
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
96
Partially sourced#33

Sherman County

Kansas

74
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
86
Partially sourced#34

Woodson County

Southern and Southeast Kansas

74
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
90
Partially sourced#35

Jewell County

Northern Kansas

73
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
92
Partially sourced#36

Montgomery County

Southern and Southeast Kansas

73
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
78
Partially sourced#37

Smith County

Northern Kansas

72
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
83
Partially sourced#38

Gove County

Northwest, North Central, and Kansas River Corridor

71
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
67
Partially sourced#39

Grant County

Southwest to Flint Hills Corridor

69
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
97
Partially sourced#40

Chase County

Southwest to Flint Hills Corridor

68
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#41

Scott County

Central Kansas and Northeast Metro Corridor

68
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
49
Partially sourced#42

Pratt County

Southwest to Flint Hills Corridor

67
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
98
Partially sourced#43

Nemaha County

Northern Kansas

66
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
77
Partially sourced#44

Bourbon County

Southern and Southeast Kansas

65
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
89
Partially sourced#45

Cherokee County

Southern and Southeast Kansas

65
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#46

Jackson County

Northwest, North Central, and Kansas River Corridor

65
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
82
Partially sourced#47

Linn County

Southwest to Flint Hills Corridor

65
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
82
Partially sourced#48

Logan County

Northwest, North Central, and Kansas River Corridor

65
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#49

Meade County

Southern and Southeast Kansas

65
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#50

Norton County

Northern Kansas

65
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#51

Stanton County

Southwest to Flint Hills Corridor

65
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#52

Stevens County

Southern and Southeast Kansas

65
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#53

Washington County

Northern Kansas

65
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#54

Cloud County

Northwest, North Central, and Kansas River Corridor

64
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
86
Partially sourced#55

Cowley County

Southern and Southeast Kansas

64
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#56

Dickinson County

Central Kansas and Northeast Metro Corridor

64
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
82
Partially sourced#57

Ellsworth County

Central Kansas and Northeast Metro Corridor

64
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#58

Haskell County

Southwest to Flint Hills Corridor

64
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#59

Morris County

West Central and East Central Kansas

64
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
29
Partially sourced#60

Phillips County

Northern Kansas

64
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
24
Partially sourced#61

Sheridan County

Kansas

64
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#62

Thomas County

Kansas

64
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#63

Wichita County

Central Kansas and Northeast Metro Corridor

64
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#64

Wilson County

Southern and Southeast Kansas

64
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
82
Partially sourced#65

Brown County

Northern Kansas

63
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
69
Partially sourced#66

Coffey County

Southwest to Flint Hills Corridor

63
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
56
Partially sourced#67

Hodgeman County

West Central and East Central Kansas

63
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#68

Mitchell County

Kansas

63
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#69

Osage County

West Central and East Central Kansas

63
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
80
Partially sourced#70

Republic County

Northern Kansas

62
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#71

Saline County

Central Kansas and Northeast Metro Corridor

62
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
92
Partially sourced#72

Anderson County

Southwest to Flint Hills Corridor

60
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
64
Partially sourced#73

Marion County

West Central and East Central Kansas

60
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
56
Partially sourced#74

Franklin County

West Central and East Central Kansas

58
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
70
Partially sourced#75

Allen County

Southern and Southeast Kansas

57
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
35
Partially sourced#76

Doniphan County

Northern Kansas

57
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#77

Ellis County

Northwest, North Central, and Kansas River Corridor

57
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
47
Partially sourced#78

Finney County

West Central and East Central Kansas

57
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#79

Barton County

Central Kansas and Northeast Metro Corridor

56
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#80

Butler County

Southwest to Flint Hills Corridor

56
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#81

Miami County

West Central and East Central Kansas

56
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
53
Partially sourced#82

Pottawatomie County

Northwest, North Central, and Kansas River Corridor

56
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
39
Partially sourced#83

Reno County

West Central and East Central Kansas

56
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
53
Partially sourced#84

Rice County

West Central and East Central Kansas

56
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
26
Partially sourced#85

Clay County

Northwest, North Central, and Kansas River Corridor

55
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#86

Marshall County

Northern Kansas

55
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#87

Neosho County

Southern and Southeast Kansas

55
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#88

Sumner County

Southern and Southeast Kansas

55
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#89

Atchison County

Northwest, North Central, and Kansas River Corridor

52
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
33
Partially sourced#90

Crawford County

Southern and Southeast Kansas

52
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#91

Ford County

Southwest to Flint Hills Corridor

52
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#92

Harvey County

Southwest to Flint Hills Corridor

52
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
28
Partially sourced#93

Seward County

Southern and Southeast Kansas

52
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#94

Geary County

Central Kansas and Northeast Metro Corridor

51
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#95

Jefferson County

Northwest, North Central, and Kansas River Corridor

51
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#96

Labette County

Southern and Southeast Kansas

51
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#97

Lyon County

West Central and East Central Kansas

51
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#98

McPherson County

West Central and East Central Kansas

51
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#99

Leavenworth County

Northwest, North Central, and Kansas River Corridor

49
Tiny
3/5
RV
2/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#100

Riley County

Northwest, North Central, and Kansas River Corridor

47
Tiny
3/5
RV
2/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#101

Douglas County

Central Kansas and Northeast Metro Corridor

43
Tiny
2/5
RV
2/5
Off grid
2/5
Land
55
Partially sourced#102

Shawnee County

Central Kansas and Northeast Metro Corridor

41
Tiny
2/5
RV
2/5
Off grid
2/5
Land
43
Partially sourced#103

Sedgwick County

Southern and Southeast Kansas

35
Tiny
2/5
RV
1/5
Off grid
2/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#104

Johnson County

Central Kansas and Northeast Metro Corridor

31
Tiny
2/5
RV
1/5
Off grid
1/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#105

Wyandotte County

Northwest, North Central, and Kansas River Corridor

30
Tiny
2/5
RV
1/5
Off grid
1/5
Land
20
Partially sourced

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