Best PlacesHunnewell, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hunnewell, 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.
Hunnewell ranks 33,625th 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 Hunnewell
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.
Hunnewell's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hunnewell ranks high
- Cheap childcare$467 a month, better than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 80% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
- BikingBetter than 71% of towns
Where Hunnewell ranks low
- School gradeD, better than only 5% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 15% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 16% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hunnewell
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hunnewell home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,667, 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 Hunnewell'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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hunnewell
Hunnewell 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 Hunnewell.
Who works in Hunnewell, and how
Work in Hunnewell centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Hunnewell
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hunnewell.
What the weather is like in Hunnewell, month by month
Hunnewell sees roughly 95 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 Hunnewell
The nearest airport, Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower Ntl, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 215 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hunnewell
Schools across Hunnewell average a D, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Deer Creek-lamont EsC · 35% proficient
- South Haven ElemD · 17% proficient
- Peckham Public SchoolF · 9% proficient
Top high schools
- South Haven HighD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hunnewell school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hunnewell 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 Hunnewell against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hunnewell
Is Hunnewell a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hunnewell ranks 33,625th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state infrastructure, and what local pay buys, and lowest on the schools and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hunnewell expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $118,300. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $81,667 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Hunnewell safe?
Hunnewell is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $359 per resident a year.
Compare Hunnewell with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hunnewell. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hunnewell 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.
Hunnewell detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hunnewell: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hunnewell: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hunnewell: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hunnewell: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hunnewell 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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