Best PlacesSharon Springs, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sharon Springs, 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.
Sharon Springs ranks 20,879th 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 Sharon Springs
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.
Sharon Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Sharon Springs ranks high
- Short commute12.4 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap childcare$467 a month, better than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of towns
Where Sharon Springs ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 16% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sharon Springs
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sharon Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,845, 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 Sharon Springs' effective rate of 1.38%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sharon Springs
Sharon Springs 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 Sharon Springs.
Who works in Sharon Springs, and how
Work in Sharon Springs centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Sharon Springs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sharon Springs.
What the weather is like in Sharon Springs, month by month
Sharon Springs sees roughly 128 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 28° | 15° |
| April | 70° | 50° | 33° |
| July | 93° | 76° | 61° |
| October | 72° | 52° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Sharon Springs
The nearest airport, Garden City Regional, is about 86 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 170 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sharon Springs
Schools across Sharon Springs average a C+, better than 49% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Weskan ElemB+ · 55% proficient
- Sharon Springs ElemC+ · 37% proficient
- Greeley County Elem SchoolC · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Wallace County HighB− · 42% proficient
- Weskan HighD+ · 25% proficient
- Wichita County Junior-senior High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sharon Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sharon Springs 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 Sharon Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sharon Springs
Is Sharon Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sharon Springs ranks 20,879th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, walkability, and clean air, 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 Sharon Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $110,818. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $61,845 median income, cost of living beats 54% of towns.
Is Sharon Springs safe?
Sharon Springs is safer than 32% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $387 per resident a year.
Compare Sharon Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sharon Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sharon Springs 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.
Sharon Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sharon Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sharon Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sharon Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sharon Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sharon Springs 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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