Best PlacesBelvue, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Belvue, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Belvue ranks 20,204th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Belvue
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.
Belvue's strengths and weaknesses
Where Belvue ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Short commute21.6 minutes each way, better than 82% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 80% of towns
Where Belvue ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 21% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 23% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 28% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Belvue
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Belvue home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,383, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
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 Belvue's effective rate of 0.73%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Belvue
Belvue runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Belvue.
Who works in Belvue, and how
Work in Belvue centers on manufacturing and utilities. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Belvue
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Belvue.
What the weather is like in Belvue, month by month
Belvue sees roughly 118 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 71° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 68° |
| October | 72° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Belvue
The nearest airport, Manhattan Regional, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 79 miles away.
The best schools in and around Belvue
Schools across Belvue average a C+, better than 43% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- West ElemA− · 59% proficient
- St Marys ElemB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wamego Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- St. Marys Junior Senior HighC · 32% proficient
- Wamego HighC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Belvue school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Belvue 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 Belvue against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Belvue
Is Belvue a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Belvue ranks 20,204th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, state infrastructure, and low crime, and lowest on noise and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Belvue expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $239,833. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $79,383 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Belvue safe?
Yes, Belvue is safer than 90% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $191 per resident a year.
Compare Belvue with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Belvue. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Belvue 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.
Belvue detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Belvue: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Belvue: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Belvue: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Belvue: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Belvue detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- 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.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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