Best Places63334, MO Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 63334, 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.

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63334 ranks 23,584th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.

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The best neighborhoods in 63334

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 63334 area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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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.

63334's strengths and weaknesses

Top 3%Affordable childcare
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 63334 with other zip codes.

Where 63334 ranks high

  • Cheap childcare$409 a month, better than 99% of zip codes
  • State fiscal healthBetter than 74% of zip codes
  • WalkabilityBetter than 73% of zip codes
  • Housing crash safetyBetter than 72% of zip codes
  • Short commute23.8 minutes each way, better than 65% of zip codes

Where 63334 ranks low

  • Nice weatherabout 54 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of zip codes
  • Educational attainmentBetter than only 20% of zip codes
  • Health outlookBetter than only 21% of zip codes
  • QuietBetter than only 24% of zip codes
  • Voter turnoutBetter than only 24% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 63334

A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 63334 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,932, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.

Income to buy the median home
$45,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$1,060
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $176,819 home
Median rent
$861
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$902
Property tax$99
Homeowners insurance$59

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 63334's effective rate of 0.67%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in 63334

63334 runs younger than the country.

Median age
39
younger than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
19%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.5
near the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1819%
18 to 3424%
35 to 4920%
50 to 6418%
65 and older19%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 63334.


Who works in 63334, and how

Work in 63334 centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.

Work from home
7%
below the national average
Unemployment
3.4%
below the national average
Job growth
+0.8%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Manufacturing20%
Health care & social14%
Construction10%
Education10%
Retail trade9%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 87%
  • Work from home 7%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 6%

Life in 63334

The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 63334.

Places to eat and drink
33
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 40.8 per 10,000 residents, more than 59% of zip codes
Coffee shops
6
about 7.4 per 10,000 residents, more than 77% of zip codes

What the weather is like in 63334, month by month

63334 sees roughly 54 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January39°30°24°
April67°55°45°
July88°77°68°
October69°58°49°

Flying in and out of 63334

The nearest airport, Quincy Regional-Baldwin Field, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 60 miles away.

Nearest airport
UIN
Quincy Regional-Baldwin Field, about 42 miles
Airport size
Nonprimary
7 nonstop destinations
Average drive
60 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 63334

Schools across 63334 average a B−, better than 51% of zip codes.

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Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 63334 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


63334 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 63334 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Common questions about living in 63334

Is 63334 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 63334 ranks 23,584th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state finances, and walkability, and lowest on the weather and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 63334 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $176,819. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $65,932 median income, cost of living beats 41% of zip codes.

Is 63334 safe?

63334 is safer than 40% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $430 per resident a year.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 63334. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 63334 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.

63334 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 63334: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 63334: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 63334: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 63334: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

63334 detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. 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.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.