Best PlacesAuxvasse, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Auxvasse, 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.
Auxvasse ranks 31,199th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Auxvasse
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.
Auxvasse's strengths and weaknesses
Where Auxvasse ranks high
- Cheap childcare$496 a month, better than 93% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 78% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 78% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 73% of towns
Where Auxvasse ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 17% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 26% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 34% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 36% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Auxvasse
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Auxvasse home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,039, 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 Auxvasse's effective rate of 0.49%, 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.
Who lives in Auxvasse
Auxvasse's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Auxvasse.
Who works in Auxvasse, and how
Work in Auxvasse centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Auxvasse
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Auxvasse.
What the weather is like in Auxvasse, month by month
Auxvasse sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 29° | 22° |
| April | 65° | 52° | 43° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Auxvasse
The nearest airport, Columbia Regional, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 85 miles away.
The best schools in and around Auxvasse
Schools across Auxvasse average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Eugene Field Elem.C+ · 39% proficient
- Hatton-mccredie Elem.C+ · 37% proficient
- Montgomery City Elem.C · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hallsville MiddleB− · 42% proficient
- Montgomery Co. MiddleC+ · 36% proficient
- Fulton MiddleC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- North Callaway HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Montgomery Co. HighC · 33% proficient
- Mexico HighC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Auxvasse school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Auxvasse 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 Auxvasse against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Auxvasse
Is Auxvasse a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Auxvasse ranks 31,199th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, low property taxes, and walkability, and lowest on air quality and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Auxvasse expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $161,169. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $69,039 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Auxvasse safe?
Auxvasse is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $356 per resident a year.
Compare Auxvasse with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Auxvasse. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Auxvasse 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.
Auxvasse detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Auxvasse: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Auxvasse: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Auxvasse: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Auxvasse: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Auxvasse 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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