Best PlacesKingman, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kingman, 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.
Kingman ranks 37,391st 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 Kingman
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.
Kingman's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kingman ranks high
- Cheap childcare$467 a month, better than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
- Short commute19.8 minutes each way, better than 88% of towns
- BikingBetter than 84% of towns
Where Kingman ranks low
- School gradeD, better than only 8% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 10% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kingman
A household needs to earn about $29,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kingman home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,498, 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 Kingman's effective rate of 1.54%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Kingman
Kingman 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 Kingman.
Who works in Kingman, and how
Work in Kingman centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Kingman
Kingman has more restaurants and bars per resident than 81% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Kingman and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kingman, month by month
Kingman sees roughly 107 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 31° | 21° |
| April | 72° | 56° | 43° |
| July | 94° | 81° | 69° |
| October | 73° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Kingman
The nearest airport, Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower Ntl, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 216 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kingman
Schools across Kingman average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cunningham ElemA− · 62% proficient
- Norwich Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Pretty Prairie ElemC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pretty Prairie MiddleC · 32% proficient
- Norwich Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Kingman Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Pretty Prairie HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Cunningham HighC− · 27% proficient
- Usd 331 Virtual SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kingman school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kingman 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 Kingman against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kingman
Is Kingman a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kingman ranks 37,391st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state infrastructure, and walkability, 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 Kingman expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $99,982. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $54,498 median income, cost of living beats 31% of towns.
Is Kingman safe?
Kingman is safer than 19% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $497 per resident a year.
Compare Kingman with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kingman. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kingman 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.
Kingman detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kingman: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kingman: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kingman: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kingman: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kingman 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.