Best PlacesCoats, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Coats, 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.
Coats ranks 38,174th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Coats
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.
Coats' strengths and weaknesses
Where Coats ranks high
- Short commute15.9 minutes each way, better than 96% of towns
- Cheap childcare$467 a month, better than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 89% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 78% of towns
Where Coats ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Coats
A household needs to earn about $28,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Coats home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,396, 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 Coats' 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Coats
Coats'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 Coats.
Who works in Coats, and how
Work in Coats centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Coats
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Coats.
What the weather is like in Coats, month by month
Coats sees roughly 112 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 71° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 93° | 80° | 69° |
| October | 73° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Coats
The nearest airport, Dodge City Regional, is about 64 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 255 miles away.
The best schools in and around Coats
Schools across Coats average a C−, better than 27% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Haviland ElemA− · 60% proficient
- Southwest ElemB · 48% proficient
- Medicine Lodge Grade SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Liberty Middle SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Kiowa County High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Medicine Lodge Jr/sr High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Pratt Sr HighD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Coats school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Coats 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 Coats against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Coats
Is Coats a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Coats ranks 38,174th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, affordable childcare, and state infrastructure, and lowest on distance from a big city and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Coats expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $101,507. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $64,396 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Coats safe?
Coats is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $440 per resident a year.
Compare Coats with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Coats. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Coats 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.
Coats detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Coats: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Coats: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Coats: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Coats: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Coats 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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