Best PlacesBonner Springs, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bonner Springs, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bonner Springs ranks 11,378th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bonner Springs
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.
Bonner Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Bonner Springs ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 93% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 90% of towns
Where Bonner Springs ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 23% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 25% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 34% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bonner Springs
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bonner Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $100,273, 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 Bonner Springs' effective rate of 1.25%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bonner Springs
Bonner Springs's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bonner Springs.
Who works in Bonner Springs, and how
Work in Bonner Springs centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Bonner Springs
Bonner Springs has more restaurants and bars per resident than 77% of towns and more parkland per resident than 98% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Bonner Springs and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bonner Springs, month by month
Bonner Springs sees roughly 98 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 69° | 57° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Bonner Springs
Kansas City International sits about 19 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.7 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Bonner Springs
Schools across Bonner Springs average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Riverview ElementaryA− · 61% proficient
- Linwood Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Glenwood Ridge Elementary SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Basehor-linwood Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Robert E Clark MiddleD · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Mill Valley High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Basehor-linwood High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Bonner Springs HighD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bonner Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bonner Springs 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 Bonner Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bonner Springs
Is Bonner Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bonner Springs ranks 11,378th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, fast internet, and few empty homes, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bonner Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $298,286. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $100,273 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Bonner Springs safe?
Bonner Springs is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $349 per resident a year.
Compare Bonner Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bonner Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bonner Springs 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.
Bonner Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bonner Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bonner Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bonner Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bonner Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bonner Springs 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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