Best PlacesDrury, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Drury, 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.
Drury ranks 33,944th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Drury
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.
Drury's strengths and weaknesses
Where Drury ranks high
- Cheap childcare$467 a month, better than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 79% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 69% of towns
Where Drury ranks low
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 15% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Drury
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Drury home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,405, 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 Drury's effective rate of 1.53%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Drury
Drury runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Drury.
Who works in Drury, and how
Work in Drury centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Drury
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Drury.
What the weather is like in Drury, month by month
Drury sees roughly 97 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 34° | 26° |
| April | 74° | 59° | 47° |
| July | 97° | 83° | 72° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Drury
The nearest airport, Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower Ntl, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 216 miles away.
The best schools in and around Drury
Schools across Drury average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Deer Creek-lamont EsC · 35% proficient
- Caldwell ElemC− · 28% proficient
- South Haven ElemD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wellington Middle SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- South Haven HighD · 22% proficient
- Caldwell Secondary SchoolD · 19% proficient
- Wellington High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Drury school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Drury 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 Drury against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Drury
Is Drury a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Drury ranks 33,944th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state infrastructure, and what local pay buys, and lowest on the schools and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Drury expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $125,108. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $80,405 median income, cost of living beats 79% of towns.
Is Drury safe?
Drury is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $359 per resident a year.
Compare Drury with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Drury. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Drury 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.
Drury detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Drury: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Drury: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Drury: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Drury: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Drury 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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