Best PlacesDouglass, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Douglass, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Douglass ranks 20,833rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Douglass
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.
Douglass' strengths and weaknesses
Where Douglass ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 84% of towns
Where Douglass ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Douglass
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Douglass home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $96,310, 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 Douglass' effective rate of 1.26%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Douglass
Douglass runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Douglass.
Who works in Douglass, and how
Work in Douglass centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Douglass
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Douglass.
What the weather is like in Douglass, month by month
Douglass sees roughly 56 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 47° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 71° |
| October | 73° | 60° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Douglass
The nearest airport, Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower Ntl, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 175 miles away.
The best schools in and around Douglass
Schools across Douglass average a C−, better than 27% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Leonard C Seal ElemB− · 43% proficient
- Mulvane Grade SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Udall ElemC · 34% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mulvane Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Rose Hill MiddleC− · 29% proficient
- Udall Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Mulvane HighC− · 28% proficient
- Augusta Sr HighD+ · 25% proficient
- Douglass HighD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Douglass school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Douglass 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 Douglass against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Douglass
Is Douglass a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Douglass ranks 20,833rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, cell coverage, and fast internet, and lowest on the weather and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Douglass expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $183,852. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $96,310 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Douglass safe?
Yes, Douglass is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $247 per resident a year.
Compare Douglass with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Douglass. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Douglass 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.
Douglass detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Douglass: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Douglass: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Douglass: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Douglass: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Douglass 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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