Best PlacesWilroads Gardens, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wilroads Gardens, 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.
Wilroads Gardens ranks 28,354th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wilroads Gardens
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.
Wilroads Gardens' strengths and weaknesses
Where Wilroads Gardens ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- Cheap childcare$467 a month, better than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of towns
Where Wilroads Gardens ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wilroads Gardens
A household needs to earn about $18,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wilroads Gardens home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,729, 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 Wilroads Gardens' 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wilroads Gardens
Wilroads Gardens runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wilroads Gardens.
Who works in Wilroads Gardens, and how
Work in Wilroads Gardens centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Wilroads Gardens
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wilroads Gardens.
What the weather is like in Wilroads Gardens, month by month
Wilroads Gardens sees roughly 112 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 31° | 19° |
| April | 73° | 54° | 39° |
| July | 95° | 80° | 66° |
| October | 76° | 57° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Wilroads Gardens
The nearest airport, Dodge City Regional, is about 3 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 294 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wilroads Gardens
Schools across Wilroads Gardens average a D, better than 9% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ross Elementary SchoolC− · 26% proficient
Top middle schools
- Comanche Middle SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Dodge City High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wilroads Gardens school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wilroads Gardens 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 Wilroads Gardens against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wilroads Gardens
Is Wilroads Gardens a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wilroads Gardens ranks 28,354th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, clean air, and cell coverage, and lowest on civic engagement and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wilroads Gardens expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $62,718. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $72,729 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is Wilroads Gardens safe?
Wilroads Gardens is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $421 per resident a year.
Compare Wilroads Gardens with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wilroads Gardens. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wilroads Gardens 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.
Wilroads Gardens detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wilroads Gardens: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wilroads Gardens: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wilroads Gardens: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wilroads Gardens: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wilroads Gardens 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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