Best PlacesMayetta, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mayetta, 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.
Mayetta ranks 20,815th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mayetta
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.
Mayetta's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mayetta ranks high
- Cheap childcare$467 a month, better than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 78% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 72% of towns
Where Mayetta ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 13% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 23% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 25% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mayetta
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mayetta home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,984, 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 Mayetta's effective rate of 1.00%, 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 Mayetta
Mayetta runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mayetta.
Who works in Mayetta, and how
Work in Mayetta centers on public administration and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Mayetta
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mayetta.
What the weather is like in Mayetta, month by month
Mayetta sees roughly 88 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 30° | 20° |
| April | 71° | 56° | 43° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 68° |
| October | 74° | 58° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Mayetta
The nearest airport, Manhattan Regional, is about 51 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 56 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mayetta
Schools across Mayetta average a C, better than 32% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Royal Valley ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Rossville ElemC+ · 37% proficient
- Holton Elementary SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top middle schools
- Holton MiddleC · 34% proficient
- Royal Valley Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Holton HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Rossville Jr.-sr. High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Royal Valley HighD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mayetta school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mayetta 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 Mayetta against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mayetta
Is Mayetta a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mayetta ranks 20,815th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state infrastructure, and low crime, and lowest on internet speeds and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mayetta expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $234,014. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $75,984 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Mayetta safe?
Yes, Mayetta is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $206 per resident a year.
Compare Mayetta with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mayetta. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mayetta 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.
Mayetta detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mayetta: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mayetta: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mayetta: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mayetta: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mayetta 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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