Best PlacesWinfield, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Winfield, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Winfield ranks 30,330th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Winfield
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.
Winfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Winfield ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap childcare$467 a month, better than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of towns
Where Winfield ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 15% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 17% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 18% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Winfield
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Winfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,145, 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 Winfield's effective rate of 1.25%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Winfield
Winfield'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 Winfield.
Who works in Winfield, and how
Work in Winfield centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Winfield
Winfield has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of towns and more parkland per resident than 96% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Winfield and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Winfield, month by month
Winfield sees roughly 103 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 72° | 58° | 46° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 71° |
| October | 75° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Winfield
The nearest airport, Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower Ntl, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 188 miles away.
The best schools in and around Winfield
Schools across Winfield average a D+, better than 18% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Oxford ElemC · 35% proficient
- Udall ElemC · 34% proficient
- Lowell ElemC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Udall Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Winfield Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Arkansas City Middle SchD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Winfield HighD+ · 25% proficient
- Oxford Jr/sr HighD · 23% proficient
- Udall HighD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Winfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Winfield 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 Winfield against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Winfield
Is Winfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Winfield ranks 30,330th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, affordable childcare, and state infrastructure, and lowest on summer heat and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Winfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $149,719. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $62,145 median income, cost of living beats 48% of towns.
Is Winfield safe?
Winfield is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $335 per resident a year.
Compare Winfield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Winfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Winfield 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.
Winfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Winfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Winfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Winfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Winfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Winfield 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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