Best PlacesEnterprise, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Enterprise, 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.
Enterprise ranks 33,405th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Enterprise
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.
Enterprise's strengths and weaknesses
Where Enterprise ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap childcare$467 a month, better than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 76% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 76% of towns
Where Enterprise ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 19% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Enterprise
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Enterprise home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,950, 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 Enterprise's effective rate of 1.22%, 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 Enterprise
Enterprise runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Enterprise.
Who works in Enterprise, and how
Work in Enterprise centers on manufacturing and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Enterprise
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Enterprise.
What the weather is like in Enterprise, month by month
Enterprise sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 30° | 20° |
| April | 71° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 69° |
| October | 73° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Enterprise
The nearest airport, Manhattan Regional, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 132 miles away.
The best schools in and around Enterprise
Schools across Enterprise average a C, better than 29% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Blue Ridge ElemB+ · 52% proficient
- Mckinley ElemB · 50% proficient
- Chapman ElemB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chapman Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Abilene Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Chapman HighB− · 42% proficient
- Abilene High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Enterprise school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Enterprise 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 Enterprise against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Enterprise
Is Enterprise a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Enterprise ranks 33,405th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, affordable childcare, and state infrastructure, and lowest on noise and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Enterprise expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $116,744. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $68,950 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Enterprise safe?
Yes, Enterprise is safer than 62% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $283 per resident a year.
Compare Enterprise with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Enterprise. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Enterprise 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.
Enterprise detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Enterprise: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Enterprise: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Enterprise: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Enterprise: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Enterprise 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.