Best PlacesLecompton, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lecompton, 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.
Lecompton ranks 15,973rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lecompton
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.
Lecompton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lecompton ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 89% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 87% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 86% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 84% of towns
Where Lecompton ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 21% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 23% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lecompton
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lecompton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $92,218, 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 Lecompton's effective rate of 1.18%, 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 Lecompton
Lecompton runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lecompton.
Who works in Lecompton, and how
Work in Lecompton centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Lecompton
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lecompton.
What the weather is like in Lecompton, month by month
Lecompton sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 29° | 20° |
| April | 70° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 68° |
| October | 72° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Lecompton
Kansas City International sits about 43 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 Lecompton
Schools across Lecompton average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lecompton ElemB · 50% proficient
- Berryton ElemC− · 29% proficient
- Tecumseh North ElemC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Shawnee Heights MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
- Perry-lecompton MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Shawnee Heights HighC · 30% proficient
- Perry Lecompton HighD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lecompton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lecompton 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 Lecompton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lecompton
Is Lecompton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lecompton ranks 15,973rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, health care access, and an educated workforce, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lecompton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $283,765. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $92,218 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is Lecompton safe?
Yes, Lecompton is safer than 78% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $233 per resident a year.
Compare Lecompton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lecompton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lecompton 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.
Lecompton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lecompton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lecompton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lecompton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lecompton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lecompton 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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