Best PlacesAzen, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Azen, 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.
Azen ranks 28,513th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Azen
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.
Azen's strengths and weaknesses
Where Azen ranks high
- Cheap childcare$436 a month, better than 98% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 97% of towns
- Short commute18.8 minutes each way, better than 91% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 73% of towns
Where Azen ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 8% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Azen
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Azen home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,717, 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 Azen's effective rate of 0.65%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Azen
Azen runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Azen.
Who works in Azen, and how
Work in Azen centers on manufacturing and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Azen
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Azen.
What the weather is like in Azen, month by month
Azen sees roughly 83 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 53° | 43° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Azen
The nearest airport, Kirksville Regional, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 154 miles away.
The best schools in and around Azen
Schools across Azen average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Scotland Co. Elem.C− · 30% proficient
- Black Hawk Elem.C− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Clark Co. MiddleD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Scotland Co. HighC+ · 40% proficient
- Clark Co. HighC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Azen school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Azen 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 Azen against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Azen
Is Azen a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Azen ranks 28,513th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a strong job market, and short commutes, and lowest on education levels and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Azen expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $230,700. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $77,717 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Azen safe?
Azen is safer than 32% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $438 per resident a year.
Compare Azen with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Azen. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Azen 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.
Azen detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Azen: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Azen: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Azen: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Azen: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Azen 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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