Best PlacesOnaga, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Onaga, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Onaga ranks 29,817th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Onaga
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.
Onaga's strengths and weaknesses
Where Onaga ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of towns
- Short commute20.8 minutes each way, better than 85% of towns
- BikingBetter than 81% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 118 pleasant days a year, better than 79% of towns
Where Onaga ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 20% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 23% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Onaga
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Onaga home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,746, 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 Onaga's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Onaga
Onaga runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Onaga.
Who works in Onaga, and how
Work in Onaga centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Onaga
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Onaga.
What the weather is like in Onaga, month by month
Onaga sees roughly 118 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 71° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 68° |
| October | 72° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Onaga
The nearest airport, Manhattan Regional, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 80 miles away.
The best schools in and around Onaga
Schools across Onaga average a C, better than 35% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Frankfort ElemB− · 43% proficient
- Westmoreland ElemB− · 40% proficient
- Onaga ElemC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rock Creek Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Randolph MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Rock Creek High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Frankfort HighC− · 27% proficient
- Onaga Senior HighD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Onaga school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Onaga 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 Onaga against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Onaga
Is Onaga a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Onaga ranks 29,817th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, state infrastructure, and short commutes, and lowest on noise and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Onaga expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $161,697. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $64,746 median income, cost of living beats 44% of towns.
Is Onaga safe?
Onaga is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $335 per resident a year.
Compare Onaga with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Onaga. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Onaga 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.
Onaga detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Onaga: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Onaga: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Onaga: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Onaga: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Onaga 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.