From weather and amenities to crime and education, Home Snacks has released the 2020 top ten list of best places to live in Kansas, and Leawood tops the list for the third year running. Using recently released Census (Dec 2019) and FBI crime data (Oct 2019), the study compared 54 cities in Kansas with populations over 5,000. Each city …
Leawood Designated a Purple Heart City
Leawood is now a Purple Heart City thanks to the efforts of the Leawood Rotary and Leawood City Council. At a meeting of the City Council on November 4, Mayor Dunn made the official proclamation which will see the City become part of the nationwide Purple Heart Trail. Representatives from the local chapter of the Military Order of the Purple …
Leawood Takes Title of Best Small City in America….Again!
For the second year in a row, the website Wallethub has named Leawood the number one best small city in America. Leawood tops the 2019 list of “Best Small Cities in America” which compared more than 1,200 cities with populations between 25,000 and 100,000. Among the considerations that gave Leawood an edge were its exceptionally low levels of poverty, highly …
Average Appraised Value of Homes in Leawood up over 7% from 2018
Many of you have likely gotten your new Johnson County Notices of Appraised Value in the mail, and most have seen an increase. At the March 4 Leawood City Council meeting, Mayor Peggy Dunn reported that the average appraised value of a home in Leawood is now up to $559,380, versus $520,749 in 2018, for a 7.42% increase. Here’s the …
Leawood Ranked #1 Best Place to Live in Kansas by HomeSnacks
HomeSnacks, an infotainment website about the nation’s best places to live, has named Leawood as the best place to live in Kansas. Leawood tops the 2019 list of “Best Places to Live in Kansas” which compared 53 cities in Kansas with populations over 5,000. Each city was ranked across a number of criteria including: Median Home Values Median Income Population …
Diamonds Direct Opens Leawood Showroom
Diamonds Direct, a direct diamond importer and leading U.S. independent jewelry retailer, has opened its newest showroom location in Leawood. The opening marks the seventeenth location in the United States and the first location in Kansas. Located at 4500 W 119th Street in the Camelot Court shopping center, Diamonds Direct features a 4,274 square-foot showroom with top-quality jewelry and a …
Leawood Named #1 Best Small City in America
Wallethub, a personal finance website, has named Leawood as the nation’s best small city, up from #3 in 2017. Leawood tops the 2018 list of “Best Small Cities in America” which compared more than 1,200 cities with populations between 25,000 and 100,000. Of all the cities included, Leawood had the strongest “affordability” ranking based on median household income, cost of …