Best PlacesKamrar, IA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kamrar, 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.
Kamrar ranks 12,752nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Kamrar
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.
Kamrar's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kamrar ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 92% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 89% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 86% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of towns
Where Kamrar ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 9% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 17% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 23% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kamrar
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kamrar home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,739, 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 Kamrar's effective rate of 1.14%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Kamrar
Kamrar 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 Kamrar.
Who works in Kamrar, and how
Work in Kamrar centers on retail trade and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Kamrar
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kamrar.
What the weather is like in Kamrar, month by month
Kamrar sees roughly 115 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 20° | 12° |
| April | 61° | 48° | 37° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 63° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Kamrar
The nearest airport, Fort Dodge Regional, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 136 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kamrar
Schools across Kamrar average an A, better than 92% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- South Hamilton ElemA+ · 77% proficient
- Northeast Hamilton Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Sunset Heights Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Webster City Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
Top high schools
- South Hamilton Middle And High SchoolA · 77% proficient
- Webster City High SchoolB+ · 56% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kamrar school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kamrar 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 Kamrar against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kamrar
Is Kamrar a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kamrar ranks 12,752nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, good schools, and health care access, and lowest on tree cover and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kamrar expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $196,414. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $82,739 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Kamrar safe?
Kamrar is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $322 per resident a year.
Compare Kamrar with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kamrar. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kamrar 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.
Kamrar detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kamrar: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kamrar: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kamrar: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kamrar: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kamrar 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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