Best PlacesAvondale, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Avondale, 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.
Avondale ranks 24,565th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Avondale
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.
Avondale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Avondale ranks high
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
Where Avondale ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 13% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 21% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Avondale
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Avondale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,517, 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 Avondale's effective rate of 1.18%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Avondale
Avondale runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Avondale.
Who works in Avondale, and how
Work in Avondale centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Avondale
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Avondale.
What the weather is like in Avondale, month by month
Avondale sees roughly 108 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 Avondale
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 Avondale
Schools across Avondale average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Chouteau ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eastgate 6th Grade CenterC− · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- North Kansas City HighC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Avondale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Avondale 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 Avondale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Avondale
Is Avondale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Avondale ranks 24,565th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, walkability, and few empty homes, and lowest on noise and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Avondale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $213,005. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $69,517 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Avondale safe?
Avondale is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $531 per resident a year.
Compare Avondale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Avondale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Avondale 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.
Avondale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Avondale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Avondale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Avondale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Avondale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Avondale 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.