Best PlacesWilmore, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wilmore, 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.
Wilmore ranks 30,938th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wilmore
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.
Wilmore's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wilmore ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap childcare$467 a month, better than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of towns
- Short commute17.0 minutes each way, better than 95% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 87% of towns
Where Wilmore ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wilmore
A household needs to earn about $21,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wilmore home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,623, 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 Wilmore's effective rate of 1.77%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wilmore
Wilmore 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 Wilmore.
Who works in Wilmore, and how
Work in Wilmore centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Wilmore
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wilmore.
What the weather is like in Wilmore, month by month
Wilmore sees roughly 112 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 71° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 93° | 80° | 69° |
| October | 73° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Wilmore
The nearest airport, Dodge City Regional, is about 50 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 279 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wilmore
Schools across Wilmore average a C, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kiowa County Elem/jr. HighB− · 42% proficient
- South Central Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Central Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Kiowa County High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- South Central High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wilmore school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wilmore 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 Wilmore against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wilmore
Is Wilmore a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wilmore ranks 30,938th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, affordable childcare, and state infrastructure, and lowest on distance from a big city and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wilmore expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $72,458. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $71,623 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Wilmore safe?
Wilmore is safer than 29% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $406 per resident a year.
Compare Wilmore with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wilmore. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wilmore 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.
Wilmore detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wilmore: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wilmore: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wilmore: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wilmore: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wilmore 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.