Best PlacesPfeifer, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pfeifer, 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.
Pfeifer ranks 21,824th 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 Pfeifer
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.
Pfeifer's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pfeifer ranks high
- Short commute16.0 minutes each way, better than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 78% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 69% of towns
Where Pfeifer ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pfeifer
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pfeifer home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,514, 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 Pfeifer's effective rate of 1.15%, 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 Pfeifer
Pfeifer's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pfeifer.
Who works in Pfeifer, and how
Work in Pfeifer centers on education and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pfeifer
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pfeifer.
What the weather is like in Pfeifer, month by month
Pfeifer sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 29° | 19° |
| April | 70° | 53° | 40° |
| July | 93° | 79° | 66° |
| October | 72° | 55° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Pfeifer
The nearest airport, Hays Regional, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 241 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pfeifer
Schools across Pfeifer average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kathryn O'loughlin Mccarthy ElemA · 68% proficient
- Otis-bison ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- Victoria ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hays Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Hays HighC · 35% proficient
- Victoria Junior-senior High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Otis-bison Junior/senior High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pfeifer school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pfeifer 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 Pfeifer against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pfeifer
Is Pfeifer a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pfeifer ranks 21,824th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, state infrastructure, and a stable housing market, and lowest on distance from a big city and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pfeifer expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $237,466. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $77,514 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Pfeifer safe?
Pfeifer is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $316 per resident a year.
Compare Pfeifer with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pfeifer. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pfeifer 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.
Pfeifer detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pfeifer: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pfeifer: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pfeifer: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pfeifer: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pfeifer 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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