Best PlacesLouisburg, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Louisburg, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Louisburg ranks 7,152nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Louisburg
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.
Louisburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Louisburg ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 87% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 87% of towns
Where Louisburg ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 21% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 21% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 23% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 26% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Louisburg
A household needs to earn about $93,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Louisburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $100,180, 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 Louisburg's effective rate of 1.16%, 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 Louisburg
Louisburg runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Louisburg.
Who works in Louisburg, and how
Work in Louisburg centers on professional & technical 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 79%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Louisburg
Louisburg has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Louisburg and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Louisburg, month by month
Louisburg sees roughly 95 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 Louisburg
Kansas City International sits about 48 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 Louisburg
Schools across Louisburg average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Broadmoor ElementaryA− · 59% proficient
- Lacygne ElemC− · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Louisburg MiddleB− · 42% proficient
- Paola MiddleC · 35% proficient
- Prairie View MiddleD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Louisburg HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Paola HighD · 22% proficient
- Prairie View HighD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Louisburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Louisburg 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 Louisburg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Louisburg
Is Louisburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Louisburg ranks 7,152nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, civic engagement, and low crime, and lowest on an overheated housing market and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Louisburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $340,602. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $100,180 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Louisburg safe?
Yes, Louisburg is safer than 90% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $197 per resident a year.
Compare Louisburg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Louisburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Louisburg 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.
Louisburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Louisburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Louisburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Louisburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Louisburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Louisburg 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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