These Are The 10 Best Places In Kansas To Catch Pokémon

So, you want to catch ’em all, huh?
Pokemon Go has swept the nation, and the app has broken records for the most downloads in the first week of release. All over the country, people are swarming, gathering, and all around going nuts, playing this interactive game.
Since we’re a data analytics website, and because we’re often cited as the ‘go to’ place for regional infotainment, we thought it was our duty to be as helpful as we can for people in Kansas who want to have the inside scoop as to where they should go if they want to dominate this addicting game.
After analyzing every place in Kansas, here is our list of the best places to catch Pokemon in the Sunflower State:

1. Roeland Park
2. Bel Aire
3. Mission
4. Valley Center
5. Eudora
6. Merriam (Photos)
7. Bonner Springs (Photos)
8. Spring Hill
9. De Soto (Photos)
10. Iola (Photos)

As you might note, these are all smaller suburbs of major cities in Kansas. That’s because in smaller cities, there are a higher number of places per capita where Pokemon are traditionally found. Meaning you’ll find more Pokemon in a much smaller area. When you read the analysis below, this will all make sense. Trust us.
So, grab your avatars, cell phones, and your Poke Balls as we uncover the truly best places in Kansas in which to find the most Pokemon, based on data.
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• 10 Best Places To Live In Kansas
• 10 Safest Places In Kansas
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How do you decide where the best place is to catch Pokemon?

In order to rank the best places in Kansas in which to catch ’em all, we had to determine which cities, towns and villages in Kansas have the most places to find Pokemon.
So we scraped the internet for those criteria, and it spit out the answer. Like magic.

How we crunched the numbers

We threw a lot of criteria at this one in order to get the best, most complete results possible. Using Google Maps, this is the criteria we used:

• Number of parks per capita
• Number of museums per capita
• Number of churches per capita
• Number of memorials and public gathering places per capita

If you’d like to see the complete list of cities, scroll to the bottom of this post to see a chart of the top cities.
Note: When measuring the locations listed above, we measured the locations within a short drive of the center of each place in Kansas.

1. Roeland Park

Population: 6,799
Parks Per 1,000 People: 8.82
Museums Per 1,000 People: 4.85
Churches Per 1,000 People: 8.82
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 5.88

2. Bel Aire

Population: 6,923
Parks Per 1,000 People: 8.67
Museums Per 1,000 People: 2.02
Churches Per 1,000 People: 8.67
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.44

3. Mission

Population: 9,451
Parks Per 1,000 People: 6.35
Museums Per 1,000 People: 3.39
Churches Per 1,000 People: 6.35
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 4.02

4. Valley Center

Population: 6,449
Parks Per 1,000 People: 9.3
Museums Per 1,000 People: 0.93
Churches Per 1,000 People: 9.3
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.24

5. Eudora

Population: 6,152
Parks Per 1,000 People: 5.85
Museums Per 1,000 People: 1.79
Churches Per 1,000 People: 6.34
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 2.93

6. Merriam

Population: 11,191
Parks Per 1,000 People: 5.36
Museums Per 1,000 People: 3.4
Churches Per 1,000 People: 5.36
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 3.48

7. Bonner Springs

Population: 7,420
Parks Per 1,000 People: 6.06
Museums Per 1,000 People: 1.21
Churches Per 1,000 People: 7.95
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 0.81

8. Spring Hill

Population: 5,618
Parks Per 1,000 People: 10.68
Museums Per 1,000 People: 1.07
Churches Per 1,000 People: 10.68
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 0.53

9. De Soto

Population: 5,888
Parks Per 1,000 People: 5.94
Museums Per 1,000 People: 0.85
Churches Per 1,000 People: 5.94
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.02

10. Iola

Population: 5,650
Parks Per 1,000 People: 1.77
Museums Per 1,000 People: 1.06
Churches Per 1,000 People: 7.26
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 0.71

There You Have It

If you’re looking at communities in Kansas where you have a much higher chance of catching Pokemon, this is an accurate list.
If you’re also curious enough, here’s how the larger cities in Kansas with the most reliable locations to catch a Pokemon rank, according to science.

1. Shawnee (Photos)
2. Lenexa (Photos)
3. Lawrence (Photos)
4. Manhattan (Photos)
5. Hutchinson (Photos)

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• 10 Worst Places To Live In Kansas
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Detailed List Of The Best Places In Kansas To Catch Pokemon

Rank	City	Population
1	Roeland Park	6,799
2	Bel Aire	6,923
3	Mission	9,451
4	Valley Center	6,449
5	Eudora	6,152
6	Merriam	11,191
7	Bonner Springs	7,420
8	Spring Hill	5,618
9	De Soto	5,888
10	Iola	5,650
11	Haysville	11,235
12	Lansing	11,535
13	Abilene	6,729
14	Paola	5,589
15	Coffeyville	10,034
16	Augusta	9,239
17	Mulvane	6,000
18	Independence	9,282
19	Andover	12,113
20	Leawood	32,842
21	Derby	23,419
22	Pratt	6,889
23	Ulysses	6,010
24	Concordia	5,327
25	Ottawa	12,548
26	Gardner	20,128
27	El Dorado	12,931
28	Parsons	10,307
29	Emporia	24,787
30	Fort Scott	7,957
31	Colby	5,411
32	Newton	19,144
33	Chanute	9,194
34	Pittsburg	20,336
35	Lenexa	49,573
36	Mcpherson	13,205
37	Atchison	10,920
38	Shawnee	63,597
39	Great Bend	15,942
40	Wellington	8,028
41	Liberal	20,846
42	Hays	20,886
43	Winfield	12,324
44	Leavenworth	35,738
45	Lawrence	90,194
46	Salina	47,894
47	Manhattan	55,112
48	Hutchinson	41,946
49	Olathe	129,913
50	Overland Park	178,945
51	Topeka	127,660
52	Wichita	385,518