Overland Park, Kansas Ranks 8th Best Place to Live

0:00It's April 14th. You're listening to Kansas News today, AI-powered local news. I'm Corey with the story. Overland Park Kansas just landed at number 8 on livability.com's list of the top 100 best places to live in the U.S. for 20, 26. They scored 801 out of 1000 on the live score, which factors in economy, housing, amenities, environment, safety, health, education, and transportation. It's a solid shout out for the suburb right in the Kansas City metro area. The site teamed up with applied geographic solutions to crunch the numbers across those categories. Overland Park crushed it in education, with 98 out of 100, health at 92, and transportation at 84. Economy hit 79, while environment was the low point at 54. Kansas City itself didn't crack the list, which might sting for folks there since Overland parks basically a neighbor. Richard Tom made it at number 83, and on the Missouri side, Columbia at 74, Springfield

1:01at 85, and St. Louis at 92. This isn't a one-off for Overland Park. They were number 6 last year on the same list, and sites like niche.com ranked 4 of their high schools, in the top 5 public ones around Kansas City. The top spots went to Huntsville, Alabama at number 1, with 873, Carmel, Indiana, and a bunch of Texas cities like Sugarland, and Plano. Rankings like these highlight what's working in mid-size spots nationwide.