Best PlacesPadonia, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Padonia, 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.
Padonia ranks 23,271st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Padonia
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.
Padonia's strengths and weaknesses
Where Padonia ranks high
- Short commute15.3 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
- Cheap childcare$467 a month, better than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 78% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 72% of towns
Where Padonia ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 23% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 24% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Padonia
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Padonia home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,073, 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 Padonia's effective rate of 1.12%, 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 Padonia
Padonia's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Padonia.
Who works in Padonia, and how
Work in Padonia centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Padonia
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Padonia.
What the weather is like in Padonia, month by month
Padonia sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 27° | 19° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 42° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Padonia
Kansas City International sits about 60 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 Padonia
Schools across Padonia average a C, better than 31% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hiawatha ElemC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hiawatha Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Hiawatha Sr HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Padonia school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Padonia 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 Padonia against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Padonia
Is Padonia a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Padonia ranks 23,271st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, affordable childcare, and state infrastructure, and lowest on tree cover and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Padonia expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $157,133. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $75,073 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Padonia safe?
Padonia is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $306 per resident a year.
Compare Padonia with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Padonia. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Padonia 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.
Padonia detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Padonia: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Padonia: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Padonia: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Padonia: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Padonia 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.