WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Wichita has been ranked towards the bottom for people living with disabilities.
The rankings from the personal finance website WalletHub were created by gathering data based on 33 metrics. The metrics were divided into three categories: Economy, Quality of Life, and Healthcare based on data collected from the U.S. Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Council for Community and Economic Research, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Education Statistics, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Trust For Public Land, Genworth Financial, United Cerebral Palsy, APSE – Association of People Supporting Employment First, WalkScore, Yelp, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, Affordable Housing Online, Kaiser Family Foundation, Redfin.com, Mercer and WalletHub research.
Using that data, WalletHub examined America’s 182 largest cities to compile its Best & Worst Cities for People with Disabilities 2025. Wichita ranked 146th out of 182 large cities in the U.S…