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Business Insider names Prairie Village 5th best suburb in America, Leawood among top 20

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Aside from a few short pockets of rain, patrons had lovely weekend weather to enjoy the fair.
Aside from a few short pockets of rain, patrons had lovely weekend weather to enjoy the fair.

I’m guessing there won’t be a lot of pushback to these findings…

On Friday, Business Insider published a list ranking the top 50 suburbs in the United States, and Prairie Village came in at number five overall.

The rankings were based on average commute times, poverty and crime rates, public school ratings, housing affordability and median household income. To be eligible for consideration, cities had to have populations between 5,000 and 100,000, and had to be within approximately 25 miles of the nearest metropolitan area.

Here’s what Business Insider had to say about PV:

A great housing market, over 1,500 licensed businesses, and beautiful scenery combine to make Prairie Village — just 19 minutes outside Kansas City — the fifth-best suburb in America. The median household income is $83,848.

Leawood also made the top 50 list, coming in at 19 overall.

The top suburb on Business Insider’s list was Elm Grove, Wisconsin, just outside Milwaukee.

About the author

Jay Senter
Jay Senter

Jay Senter is the founder and publisher of the Post.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in business at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where he worked as a reporter and editor at The Badger Herald.

He went on to receive a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Kansas, where he earned the Calder Pickett Award. While he was in graduate school, he also worked as a reporter for the Lawrence Journal-World.

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