Best PlacesKickapoo, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kickapoo, 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.
Kickapoo ranks 14,998th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Kickapoo
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.
Kickapoo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kickapoo ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 91% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 84% of towns
Where Kickapoo ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 22% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 23% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 29% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 32% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kickapoo
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kickapoo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $86,696; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Kickapoo's effective rate of 0.91%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Kickapoo
Kickapoo's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kickapoo.
Who works in Kickapoo, and how
Work in Kickapoo centers on manufacturing and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Kickapoo
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kickapoo.
What the weather is like in Kickapoo, month by month
Kickapoo sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 30° | 20° |
| April | 69° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 68° |
| October | 72° | 58° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Kickapoo
Kansas City International sits about 16 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.7 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Kickapoo
Schools across Kickapoo average a C+, better than 44% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pleasant Ridge ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- Atchison Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pleasant Ridge MiddleC · 33% proficient
- Atchison Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Pleasant Ridge HighD · 23% proficient
- Atchison High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kickapoo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kickapoo 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 Kickapoo against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kickapoo
Is Kickapoo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kickapoo ranks 14,998th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, state infrastructure, and civic engagement, and lowest on tree cover and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kickapoo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $358,475. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $86,696 median income, cost of living beats 79% of towns.
Is Kickapoo safe?
Kickapoo is safer than 49% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $311 per resident a year.
Compare Kickapoo with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kickapoo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kickapoo 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.
Kickapoo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kickapoo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kickapoo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kickapoo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kickapoo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kickapoo 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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