Moving to Coffeyville: Pros, Cons & What to Know

Moving to Coffeyville means joining a real, historic Montgomery County city genuinely famous as the site of the 1892 Dalton Gang raid, anchored by Coffeyville Community College and a substantial petrochemical manufacturing base.

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A real, nationally famous piece of Old West history

Coffeyville is genuinely the site of the real, documented October 5, 1892 Dalton Gang raid, memorialized today at the city's own Dalton Museum (base record).

A real two-year college and a real industrial employer base

Coffeyville Community College (~1,885 students, FY2024) and the CVR Energy/Coffeyville Resources refinery and nitrogen-fertilizer plant (~500 refinery employees) anchor the local economy (base record).

Genuinely affordable housing

Redfin's median sale price ran approximately $162,000, with Movoto's own active-listing median lower at $114,000 -- both well below the Kansas statewide median (base record).

A real, disclosed elevated crime rate

NeighborhoodScout cites a crime rate higher than more than 97% of Kansas communities -- a real, honest tradeoff against Coffeyville's affordability and history (base record).

Key takeaways

The real, documented 1892 Dalton Gang raid anchors a genuinely distinctive historic identity.
Coffeyville Community College and the CVR Energy petrochemical complex are both genuinely present.
Housing runs genuinely affordable, well below the Kansas statewide median.
Kansas's 2-bracket 5.2%/5.58% income tax and full Social Security exemption apply statewide.

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Last reviewed: 2026-08-28. Independent research; not financial, tax, or legal advice -- confirm current figures with a local professional before making a decision.