Best PlacesMcLouth, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around McLouth, 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.
McLouth ranks 19,036th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in McLouth
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.
McLouth's strengths and weaknesses
Where McLouth ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 83% of towns
- Household income$95,515 median, better than 82% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 81% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 80% of towns
Where McLouth ranks low
- Short commute34.1 minutes each way, better than only 16% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 23% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 26% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 28% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in McLouth
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median McLouth home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $95,515, 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 McLouth's effective rate of 1.05%, 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 McLouth
McLouth's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for McLouth.
Who works in McLouth, and how
Work in McLouth centers on construction and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in McLouth
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across McLouth.
What the weather is like in McLouth, month by month
McLouth sees roughly 92 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 McLouth
Kansas City International sits about 28 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 McLouth
Schools across McLouth average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pleasant Ridge ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- Lecompton ElemB · 50% proficient
- Mclouth ElemB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pleasant Ridge MiddleC · 33% proficient
- Tonganoxie Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Perry-lecompton MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Jefferson Co North HighC · 34% proficient
- Mclouth HighC− · 27% proficient
- Pleasant Ridge HighD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every McLouth school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
McLouth 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 McLouth against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in McLouth
Is McLouth a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, McLouth ranks 19,036th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, an educated workforce, and high incomes, and lowest on long commutes and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is McLouth expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $282,541. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $95,515 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is McLouth safe?
McLouth is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $491 per resident a year.
Compare McLouth with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to McLouth. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in McLouth 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.
McLouth detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for McLouth: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in McLouth: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of McLouth: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in McLouth: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
McLouth 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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