Best PlacesHugoton, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hugoton, 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.
Hugoton ranks 32,182nd 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 Hugoton
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.
Hugoton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hugoton ranks high
- Short commute16.0 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 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
Where Hugoton ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 9% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 9% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hugoton
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hugoton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,568, 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 Hugoton's effective rate of 1.92%, 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 Hugoton
Hugoton runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hugoton.
Who works in Hugoton, and how
Work in Hugoton centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Hugoton
Hugoton has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Hugoton and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hugoton, month by month
Hugoton sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 32° | 20° |
| April | 74° | 55° | 39° |
| July | 94° | 79° | 65° |
| October | 75° | 56° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Hugoton
The nearest airport, Liberal Mid-America Regional, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 258 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hugoton
Schools across Hugoton average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hugoton ElemB · 50% proficient
- Moscow ElemC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hugoton MiddleF · 12% proficient
Top high schools
- Hugoton Learning AcademyD+ · 25% proficient
- Hugoton HighD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hugoton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hugoton 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 Hugoton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hugoton
Is Hugoton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hugoton ranks 32,182nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, affordable childcare, and state infrastructure, and lowest on distance from a big city and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hugoton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $153,852. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $65,568 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Hugoton safe?
Hugoton is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $552 per resident a year.
Compare Hugoton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hugoton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hugoton 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.
Hugoton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hugoton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hugoton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hugoton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hugoton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hugoton 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.