Best Neighborhoods in Lenexa, KS
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lenexa, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime read low across the board, which puts the choice down to which part suits you. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lenexa ranks 287th of 2,098 U.S. small cities on the BestNeighborhood index, and 2nd of 11 Kansas small cities. It scores best on what local pay buys, and noise is the weak spot.
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Map of the best neighborhoods in Lenexa
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.
The best areas in Lenexa
The parts of Lenexa, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Kingston
North Village
Oak Park & Century Estates West
Scores across Lenexa run from about the 30th to the 100th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Lenexa's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lenexa ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of small cities
- Short commute19.4 minutes each way, better than 89% of small cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 90% of small cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 77% of small cities
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of small cities
Where Lenexa ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 15% of small cities
- School gradeC+, better than only 41% of small cities
- Big-city accessBetter than only 26% of small cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 49% of small cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 31% of small cities
What it costs to buy a home in Lenexa
A household needs to earn about $117,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lenexa home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $119,478, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.7% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-08-20 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 Lenexa's effective rate of 1.21%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lenexa
Lenexa's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Lenexa.
Who works in Lenexa, and how
Work in Lenexa centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Lenexa
Lenexa has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of small cities and more parkland per resident than 92% of small cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Lenexa and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lenexa, month by month
Lenexa sees roughly 96 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 23° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 89° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Lenexa
Kansas City International sits about 23 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 Lenexa
Schools across Lenexa average a C+, better than 41% of small cities.
Top elementary schools
- Canyon Creek ElementaryA+ · 80% proficient
- Meadow Lane ElemA+ · 76% proficient
- Mize Elementary SchoolA · 69% proficient
Top middle schools
- Prairie Trail Middle SchoolA+ · 67% proficient
- Lexington Trails Middle SchoolA+ · 67% proficient
- Indian Woods MiddleA · 58% proficient
Top high schools
- Mill Valley High SchoolA+ · 59% proficient
- Olathe Northwest High SchoolA− · 50% proficient
- De Soto High SchoolA− · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lenexa school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lenexa 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 Lenexa against the other 2,097 small cities.
Who Lenexa suits
Families
Schools land around the 41st percentile and crime safety beats 77%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 88% of small cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 24% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 57% of small cities and health care access beats 90%.
Common questions about living in Lenexa
Is Lenexa a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lenexa ranks 287th of 2,098 small cities, and 2nd of 11 Kansas small cities. It scores highest on what local pay buys, short commutes, and health care access, and lowest on noise and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lenexa expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $422,675. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $119,478 median income, cost of living beats 88% of small cities.
Is Lenexa safe?
Yes, Lenexa is safer than 77% of small cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $254 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Lenexa?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 40 with lows near 23. That works out to about 96 pleasant days a year, more than 57% of small cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Lenexa?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Kingston, North Village, and Oak Park & Century Estates West. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Lenexa with other small cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lenexa. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lenexa 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.
Lenexa detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lenexa: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lenexa: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lenexa: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lenexa: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lenexa 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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