Best PlacesLebo, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lebo, 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.
Lebo ranks 22,516th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lebo
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.
Lebo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lebo ranks high
- Cheap childcare$467 a month, better than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 88% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 80% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 80% of towns
Where Lebo ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 11% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 13% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 23% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 24% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lebo
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lebo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,448, 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 Lebo's effective rate of 1.01%, 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 Lebo
Lebo runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lebo.
Who works in Lebo, and how
Work in Lebo centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Lebo
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lebo.
What the weather is like in Lebo, month by month
Lebo sees roughly 103 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 70° | 56° | 45° |
| July | 92° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 72° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Lebo
The nearest airport, Manhattan Regional, is about 67 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 87 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lebo
Schools across Lebo average a C+, better than 47% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lebo ElemA− · 58% proficient
- Waverly ElemB+ · 53% proficient
- Burlington Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Burlington Middle School 5 - 8C · 33% proficient
- Marais Des Cygnes Valley MiddleD− · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Lebo HighC− · 30% proficient
- Burlington HighC− · 28% proficient
- Marais Des Cygnes Valley HighD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lebo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lebo 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 Lebo against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lebo
Is Lebo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lebo ranks 22,516th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state infrastructure, and fast internet, and lowest on noise and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lebo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $170,367. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $74,448 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Lebo safe?
Yes, Lebo is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $235 per resident a year.
Compare Lebo with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lebo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lebo 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.
Lebo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lebo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lebo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lebo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lebo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lebo 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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