Living in Coffeyville, KS

Montgomery County

Coffeyville is the largest city in Montgomery County (whose county seat is neighboring Independence, KS), genuinely famous nationwide as the site of the real, documented October 5, 1892 Dalton Gang raid -- the outlaw gang's own hometown-born attempt to rob two Coffeyville banks simultaneously, ending in a roughly 12-minute gun battle after armed townspeople recognized the disguised gang, killing four of the five raiders and four townspeople; only Emmett Dalton survived. That real history is memorialized today at the city's own Dalton Museum. Coffeyville is also genuinely home to Coffeyville Community College (approximately 1,885 students, FY2024) and to a real, substantial petrochemical manufacturing base anchored by the CVR Energy/Coffeyville Resources oil refinery (built 1906, ~500 employees) and an adjacent CVR Partners nitrogen-fertilizer plant. Its population ran approximately 8,415 per World Population Review's 2026 estimate, a real, disclosed decline of roughly -0.77% annually. Housing runs genuinely affordable: Redfin's median sale price ran approximately $162,000 (a real, sharp year-over-year swing plausibly reflecting a small market) against Movoto's lower August 2026 active-listing median of $114,000 -- both well below the Kansas statewide median. Montgomery County's cited 2026 effective property tax rate ran 1.70%, above both the Kansas statewide and national averages. Crime runs genuinely elevated: NeighborhoodScout cites a crime rate higher than more than 97% of Kansas communities, disclosed honestly rather than softened. Coffeyville USD 445 carries comparatively modest Niche grades (C to C+). Coffeyville Regional Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital, provides real, genuine in-town acute care, though advanced specialty needs require travel to a larger regional center. Kansas's real 2-bracket 2026 income tax (5.2%/5.58%) and full Social Security exemption apply exactly as they do statewide. Coffeyville's disclosed 65-and-older population share (17.3%-19.0% across sources) runs at or above this project's national retiring-relevance threshold.

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Best for: Best fits budget-conscious buyers, CCC students/staff, and retirees drawn to genuinely low housing costs, Kansas's full Social Security exemption, and a real, distinctive piece of American history -- comfortable weighing a real, disclosed elevated crime profile and comparatively modest schools honestly.

Maybe not for you if: Probably not the right fit for movers prioritizing a low-crime profile or strong school ratings, or for residents anticipating a need for advanced specialty or trauma-level medical care, given this record's honest disclosure that Coffeyville Regional Medical Center is a 25-bed critical access hospital rather than a full specialty center.