Best Places67639, KS Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 67639, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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67639 ranks 26,301st of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.

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The best neighborhoods in 67639

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 67639 area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.

67639's strengths and weaknesses

Top 5%Affordable childcare
Top 10%State infrastructure
Top 10%Short commutes
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 67639 with other zip codes.

Where 67639 ranks high

  • Cheap childcare$467 a month, better than 97% of zip codes
  • State infrastructureBetter than 94% of zip codes
  • Short commute17.3 minutes each way, better than 93% of zip codes
  • QuietBetter than 87% of zip codes
  • Nice weatherabout 115 pleasant days a year, better than 72% of zip codes

Where 67639 ranks low

  • Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of zip codes
  • Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of zip codes
  • Low vacancyBetter than only 8% of zip codes
  • Cell coverageBetter than only 9% of zip codes
  • Household income$54,242 median, better than only 16% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 67639

A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 67639 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,242, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.

Income to buy the median home
$27,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$630
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $98,825 home
Median rent
$708
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$504
Property tax$93
Homeowners insurance$33

Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 67639's effective rate of 1.13%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.

Renting versus buying

At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in 67639

67639 runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.

Median age
56
older than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
31%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.3
below the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1814%
18 to 3411%
35 to 4919%
50 to 6425%
65 and older31%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 67639.


Who works in 67639, and how

Work in 67639 centers on public administration and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.

Work from home
14%
about the national average
Unemployment
1.3%
below the national average
Job growth
−5.2%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Public administration21%
Agriculture & forestry17%
Health care & social11%
Construction10%
Hospitality & food8%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 78%
  • Work from home 14%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 8%

Life in 67639

The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 67639.


What the weather is like in 67639, month by month

67639 sees roughly 115 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May, September, and October.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January43°29°19°
April71°53°39°
July94°80°67°
October72°55°42°

Flying in and out of 67639

The nearest airport, Hays Regional, is about 57 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 213 miles away.

Nearest airport
HYS
Hays Regional, about 57 miles
Airport size
Nonhub
349th-busiest in the US, 1 nonstop destinations
Average drive
81 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 67639

Schools across 67639 average a C, better than 38% of zip codes.

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Top high schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 67639 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


67639 measure by measure

Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 67639 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Common questions about living in 67639

Is 67639 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 67639 ranks 26,301st of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state infrastructure, and short commutes, and lowest on distance from a big city and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 67639 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $98,825. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $54,242 median income, cost of living beats 39% of zip codes.

Is 67639 safe?

67639 is safer than 34% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $390 per resident a year.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 67639. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 67639 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.

67639 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 67639: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 67639: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 67639: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 67639: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

67639 detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.