Best PlacesPrairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City, 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.
Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City ranks 2,759th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City
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.
Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City ranks high
- Cheap childcare$605 a month, better than 99% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 83% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of neighborhoods
Where Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 28% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City
A household needs to earn about $108,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $78,262, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City's effective rate of 1.21%, 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 Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City
Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City runs younger 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 Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City.
Who works in Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City, and how
Work in Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City
Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City has more restaurants and bars per resident than 79% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 93% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City, month by month
Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 30° | 20° |
| April | 69° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 68° |
| October | 72° | 58° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City
Kansas City International sits about 4 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 Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City
Schools across Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City average a B, better than 78% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Hawthorn Elem.A · 65% proficient
- Alfred L. Renner Elem.C+ · 38% proficient
- Tiffany Ridge Elementary SchlC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Congress MiddleB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Park Hill HighA− · 64% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City 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 Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City
Is Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City ranks 2,759th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on affordable childcare, fast internet, and health care access, and lowest on noise and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $390,662. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $78,262 median income, cost of living beats 60% of neighborhoods.
Is Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City safe?
Yes, Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City is safer than 63% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $469 per resident a year.
Compare Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City 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.
Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City 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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