Best PlacesTrading Post, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Trading Post, 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.
Trading Post ranks 35,980th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Trading Post
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.
Trading Post's strengths and weaknesses
Where Trading Post ranks high
- Cheap childcare$467 a month, better than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 75% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 75% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 73% of towns
Where Trading Post ranks low
- School gradeD+, better than only 10% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 11% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 22% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Trading Post
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Trading Post home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,041, 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 Trading Post's effective rate of 0.96%, 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 Trading Post
Trading Post'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 Trading Post.
Who works in Trading Post, and how
Work in Trading Post centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Trading Post
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Trading Post.
What the weather is like in Trading Post, month by month
Trading Post sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 70° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Trading Post
Kansas City International sits about 73 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 Trading Post
Schools across Trading Post average a D+, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lacygne ElemC− · 25% proficient
- Pleasanton ElemD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Prairie View MiddleD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Prairie View HighD− · 17% proficient
- Pleasanton HighD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Trading Post school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Trading Post 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 Trading Post against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Trading Post
Is Trading Post a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Trading Post ranks 35,980th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state infrastructure, and health care access, and lowest on the schools and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Trading Post expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $256,400. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $73,041 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Trading Post safe?
Trading Post is safer than 49% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $326 per resident a year.
Compare Trading Post with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Trading Post. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Trading Post 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.
Trading Post detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Trading Post: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Trading Post: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Trading Post: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Trading Post: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Trading Post 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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