Best PlacesOdin, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Odin, 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.
Odin ranks 25,485th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Odin
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.
Odin's strengths and weaknesses
Where Odin ranks high
- Short commute15.6 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
- Cheap childcare$467 a month, better than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of towns
- QuietBetter than 84% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 80% of towns
Where Odin ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Odin
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Odin home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,172, 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 Odin's effective rate of 1.76%, 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 Odin
Odin runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Odin.
Who works in Odin, and how
Work in Odin centers on education and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Odin
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Odin.
What the weather is like in Odin, month by month
Odin sees roughly 116 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 31° | 21° |
| April | 70° | 54° | 41° |
| July | 93° | 79° | 68° |
| October | 72° | 57° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Odin
The nearest airport, Hays Regional, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 214 miles away.
The best schools in and around Odin
Schools across Odin average a C, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Central Plains Elementary School - HolyroodA · 68% proficient
Top high schools
- Central Plains Jr. Sr. High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Odin school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Odin 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 Odin against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Odin
Is Odin a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Odin ranks 25,485th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, affordable childcare, and state infrastructure, and lowest on distance from a big city and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Odin expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $155,400. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $80,172 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Odin safe?
Odin is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $409 per resident a year.
Compare Odin with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Odin. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Odin 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.
Odin detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Odin: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Odin: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Odin: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Odin: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Odin 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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