Best PlacesLillis, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lillis, 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.
Lillis ranks 29,415th 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 Lillis
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.
Lillis' strengths and weaknesses
Where Lillis ranks high
- Cheap childcare$467 a month, better than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 86% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 81% of towns
- Household income$89,091 median, better than 76% of towns
Where Lillis ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 10% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 11% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lillis
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lillis home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $89,091, 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 Lillis' effective rate of 0.99%, 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 Lillis
Lillis runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lillis.
Who works in Lillis, and how
Work in Lillis centers on health care & social and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Lillis
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lillis.
What the weather is like in Lillis, month by month
Lillis sees roughly 106 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 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 | 71° | 56° | 43° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 69° |
| October | 72° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Lillis
The nearest airport, Manhattan Regional, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 95 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lillis
Schools across Lillis average a C, better than 36% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Frankfort ElemB− · 43% proficient
- Mccormick ElementaryC+ · 36% proficient
Top middle schools
- Randolph MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Frankfort HighC− · 27% proficient
- Blue Valley HighD+ · 24% proficient
- Valley Heights Jr/sr HighD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lillis school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lillis 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 Lillis against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lillis
Is Lillis a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lillis ranks 29,415th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state infrastructure, and what local pay buys, and lowest on noise and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lillis expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $214,138. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $89,091 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is Lillis safe?
Lillis is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $402 per resident a year.
Compare Lillis with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lillis. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lillis 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.
Lillis detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lillis: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lillis: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lillis: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lillis: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lillis 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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