Best PlacesWyandotte County, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Wyandotte County, 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.
Wyandotte County ranks 2,262nd of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It ranks low mainly on civic engagement and the schools. It does better on fast internet, which keeps it off the bottom.
The best neighborhoods in Wyandotte County
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.
Wyandotte County's strengths and weaknesses
Wyandotte County lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. Fast internet is the standout, in the top 1% of counties. State infrastructure and walkability follow.
The one real hole is civic engagement, near the bottom of the country. The schools and noise also cost it ground. The detail is below, and the map is where it turns into a choice of neighborhood rather than just a place.
Where Wyandotte County ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than 94% of counties
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of counties
- TransitBetter than 89% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 88% of counties
Where Wyandotte County ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of counties
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of counties
- QuietBetter than only 3% of counties
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 11% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Wyandotte County
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wyandotte County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,238, 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 Wyandotte County's effective rate of 1.36%, 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 Wyandotte County
Wyandotte County runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wyandotte County.
Who works in Wyandotte County, and how
Work in Wyandotte County centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Wyandotte County
Wyandotte County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 91% of counties and more parkland per resident than 85% of counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Wyandotte County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Wyandotte County growing, and who is moving in?
Wyandotte County has grown about 4% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Kansas City, MO metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Wyandotte County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Wyandotte County, month by month
Wyandotte County sees roughly 105 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 69° | 57° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Wyandotte County
Kansas City International sits about 13 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 Wyandotte County
Schools across Wyandotte County average a D−, better than 2% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Union Chapel Elem.A− · 58% proficient
- Piper Creek ElementaryA− · 57% proficient
- Edwardsville ElemB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lakeview MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Piper MiddleC · 31% proficient
- Robert E Clark MiddleD · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Sumner Academy Of Arts & ScienceC+ · 39% proficient
- Piper HighC− · 27% proficient
- Alfred Fairfax AcademyD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wyandotte County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wyandotte County 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 Wyandotte County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Wyandotte County suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 10% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Wyandotte County
Is Wyandotte County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wyandotte County ranks 2,262nd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on fast internet, state infrastructure, and walkability, and lowest on civic engagement and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wyandotte County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $181,102. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $68,238 median income, cost of living beats 43% of counties.
Is Wyandotte County safe?
Wyandotte County is safer than 13% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $575 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Wyandotte County?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 41 with lows near 24. That works out to about 105 pleasant days a year, more than 64% of counties.
Is Wyandotte County good for families?
Schools beat 2% of counties, crime safety beats 13%, and childcare runs $712 a month.
Is Wyandotte County good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 43% of counties, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 99% of counties. About 10% of workers already work from home.
Compare Wyandotte County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wyandotte County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wyandotte County 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.
Wyandotte County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wyandotte County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wyandotte County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wyandotte County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wyandotte County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wyandotte County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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