Best PlacesOcheltree, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ocheltree, 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.
Ocheltree ranks 3,593rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ocheltree
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.
Ocheltree's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ocheltree ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$135,853 median, better than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
Where Ocheltree ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 19% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ocheltree
A household needs to earn about $126,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ocheltree home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $135,853, 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 Ocheltree's effective rate of 1.19%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Ocheltree
Ocheltree's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Ocheltree.
Who works in Ocheltree, and how
Work in Ocheltree centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Ocheltree
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ocheltree.
What the weather is like in Ocheltree, month by month
Ocheltree sees roughly 94 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 Ocheltree
Kansas City International sits about 36 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 Ocheltree
Schools across Ocheltree average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Prairie Creek ElementaryA+ · 81% proficient
- Wolf Creek Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Spring Hill Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Spring Hill High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ocheltree school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ocheltree 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 Ocheltree against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ocheltree
Is Ocheltree a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ocheltree ranks 3,593rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and state infrastructure, and lowest on noise and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ocheltree expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $458,301. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $135,853 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Ocheltree safe?
Yes, Ocheltree is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $249 per resident a year.
Compare Ocheltree with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ocheltree. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ocheltree 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.
Ocheltree detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ocheltree: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ocheltree: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ocheltree: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ocheltree: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ocheltree 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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