Best PlacesPierceville, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pierceville, 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.
Pierceville ranks 19,793rd 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 Pierceville
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.
Pierceville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pierceville ranks high
- Short commute12.8 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap childcare$467 a month, better than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 81% of towns
Where Pierceville ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 14% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pierceville
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pierceville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $85,389; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Pierceville's effective rate of 1.37%, 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 Pierceville
Pierceville'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 Pierceville.
Who works in Pierceville, and how
Work in Pierceville centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Pierceville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pierceville.
What the weather is like in Pierceville, month by month
Pierceville sees roughly 121 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 30° | 18° |
| April | 71° | 53° | 38° |
| July | 93° | 78° | 65° |
| October | 73° | 55° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Pierceville
The nearest airport, Garden City Regional, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 247 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pierceville
Schools across Pierceville average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ingalls ElemA+ · 80% proficient
- Jennie Barker ElemB+ · 53% proficient
- Plymell ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Gray Jr HighC− · 28% proficient
- Charles O Stones Intermediate CtrD+ · 27% proficient
- Bernadine Sitts Intermediate CtrD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Cimarron HighD · 20% proficient
- South Gray HighD− · 17% proficient
- Garden City High SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pierceville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pierceville 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 Pierceville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pierceville
Is Pierceville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pierceville ranks 19,793rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, clean air, and affordable childcare, and lowest on tree cover and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pierceville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $338,994. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $85,389 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Pierceville safe?
Pierceville is safer than 18% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $477 per resident a year.
Compare Pierceville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pierceville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pierceville 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.
Pierceville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pierceville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pierceville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pierceville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pierceville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pierceville 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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