Best PlacesMission Hills, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mission Hills, 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.
Mission Hills ranks 255th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mission Hills
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.
Mission Hills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Mission Hills ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$250,001 median, better than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
Where Mission Hills ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 22% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 23% of towns
- Cheap childcare$996 a month, better than only 25% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 25% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 39% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mission Hills
A household needs to earn about $389,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mission Hills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $250,001, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Mission Hills' effective rate of 1.16%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Mission Hills
Mission Hills 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 Mission Hills.
Who works in Mission Hills, and how
Work in Mission Hills centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Mission Hills
Mission Hills has more restaurants and bars per resident than 97% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Mission Hills and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mission Hills, month by month
Mission Hills sees roughly 109 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 69° | 57° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Mission Hills
Kansas City International sits about 20 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 Mission Hills
Schools across Mission Hills average a B+, better than 77% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Prairie ElemA · 68% proficient
- Belinder ElemA · 67% proficient
- Westwood View ElemA · 67% proficient
Top middle schools
- Indian Hills MiddleB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Shawnee Mission East HighB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mission Hills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mission Hills 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 Mission Hills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mission Hills
Is Mission Hills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mission Hills ranks 255th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, what local pay buys, and health care access, and lowest on property taxes and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mission Hills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,419,111. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $250,001 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Mission Hills safe?
Mission Hills is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $347 per resident a year.
Compare Mission Hills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mission Hills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mission Hills 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.
Mission Hills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mission Hills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mission Hills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mission Hills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mission Hills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mission Hills 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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