Best PlacesVinland, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vinland, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Vinland ranks 9,253rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Vinland
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.
Vinland's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vinland ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of towns
Where Vinland ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 12% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 22% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 23% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vinland
A household needs to earn about $113,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vinland home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $100,527, 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 Vinland's effective rate of 1.09%, 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 Vinland
Vinland runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Vinland.
Who works in Vinland, and how
Work in Vinland centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Vinland
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Vinland.
What the weather is like in Vinland, month by month
Vinland sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 29° | 20° |
| April | 70° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 68° |
| October | 72° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Vinland
Kansas City International sits about 40 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 Vinland
Schools across Vinland average a C, better than 36% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Baldwin Elementary Intermediate CenterB− · 44% proficient
- Wellsville ElemB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wellsville Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Baldwin Junior High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Wellsville HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Baldwin High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vinland school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vinland 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 Vinland against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vinland
Is Vinland a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vinland ranks 9,253rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, state infrastructure, and population health, and lowest on internet speeds and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vinland expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $416,472. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $100,527 median income, cost of living beats 89% of towns.
Is Vinland safe?
Yes, Vinland is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $173 per resident a year.
Compare Vinland with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vinland. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vinland 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.
Vinland detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vinland: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vinland: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vinland: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vinland: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vinland 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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