Web Design in Havana, Kansas

Affordable web design that starts with Havana itself

Mining, oil and gas are a real industry here: 10 establishments with employees in the 2023 count, about six times the national share. Field crews need lodging, food and repairs fast. Certifications should be on the page, not just mentioned on the phone.

Where Havana customers come from

The closest municipalities to Havana are Niotaze (4.4 miles), Caney (5.5 miles) and Tyro (7.5 miles). Havana covers 0.2 square miles of land, about 522 residents per square mile. The nearest large city is Tulsa, OK, 67 miles to the south. Montgomery County’s county seat is Independence, 16 miles to the northeast. Independence Municipal Airport (IDP) is 10 miles northeast of Havana in a straight line. There are 21 incorporated cities and towns within 25 miles of Havana. If you serve more than one town, your website can have a service area page that names each of them, so a customer in Peru or Tyro sees right away that you cover them.

The nearest NOAA station with 1991-2020 climate normals, Sedan, is 13 miles from Havana. It records an average high of 92°F in July and an average low of 22°F in January. Precipitation totals about 41 inches a year, with May the wettest month. Freezing nights (32°F or below) come about 104 times a year. Winter reshuffles demand: plowing and heating in winter, landscaping and outdoor work the rest of the year. Plan the website around your busy season: send the changes by email a few weeks ahead.

Who lives in Havana, and what that means for your website

The county around Havana, Montgomery County, counts 30,177 residents and 9 cities and towns. For a city as small as Havana, the county figures are more reliable: households have a median income of $55,697, and half the residents are older than 41.2. Broadband reaches 87.1% of homes, and 18.1% of households are online only through a phone plan. Homeowners are 72.9% of households.

How big is the Havana market?

What kind of businesses Havana has

Montgomery County has, among its employer businesses:

• 18 insurance agencies: the lines of insurance you write, the carriers you represent and a quote form.
• 9 beer, wine and liquor stores: store hours, what you carry and events or tastings, on a site you control.
• 27 quick-service restaurants: today’s hours, the menu and photos that look like what customers get.
• 6 local trucking companies: the freight you haul, the areas you cover and a contact form for shippers.
• 5 site preparation contractors: the equipment you run, the kinds of jobs you take and a contact form for builders and owners.
• 9 dental offices: the treatments you offer, a map to the office and a contact form, written in plain words for nervous patients.

County-wide, Montgomery County counts 705 businesses with employees and 1,738 self-employed or nonemployer businesses (2023). Compared with the U.S. as a whole, Montgomery County leans toward religious, civic and membership organizations (64 establishments, 2.4 times the national share). In that business, members and newcomers look for schedules and contacts, and the website should show meeting times, programs, location and how to get involved. Every one of them is a search away from a customer in Havana.

Your website for $89 a month, step by step

Based in Curitiba, Brazil, Aria has been building business websites since 2008. Everything is done online, so businesses in Havana get exactly the same plan as anyone else.

1. Register your business online in about 5 minutes; the logo, photos and texts you already have go by email.
2. Your website is ready within 5 business days on a temporary link, so you can check every page before anything is published.
3. Approve it: the first monthly fee is issued and your domain starts showing the new site.

After it goes live, hosting, SSL, daily backups and security updates stay with Aria, and you request content changes by email at no extra cost.

What Kansas asks of a business with a website

A few rules apply to any Havana business that sells or advertises online:

• Kansas levies a state sales tax of 6.5% on retail sales of tangible personal property and taxable services, and cities and counties add local sales taxes on top of it. Kansas Department of Revenue
• A contact form collects personal information, and Kansas has a data breach law with deadlines for notifying the people affected. K.S.A. 50-7a02 (Security breach; requirements)

This is general information, not legal advice; check with the Kansas agencies, Montgomery County, the city of Havana or an attorney.