Best PlacesBogard, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bogard, 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.
Bogard ranks 34,653rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bogard
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.
Bogard's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bogard ranks high
- Cheap childcare$439 a month, better than 98% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 73% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 70% of towns
Where Bogard ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 19% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 24% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bogard
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bogard home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,621, 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 Bogard's effective rate of 0.70%, 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 Bogard
Bogard 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 Bogard.
Who works in Bogard, and how
Work in Bogard centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Bogard
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bogard.
What the weather is like in Bogard, month by month
Bogard sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 44° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Bogard
Kansas City International sits about 64 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 Bogard
Schools across Bogard average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Braymer Elem.B · 48% proficient
- Tina-avalon Elem.C · 35% proficient
- Carrollton Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Braymer HighB− · 45% proficient
- Carrollton Senior HighC · 32% proficient
- Tina-avalon HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bogard school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bogard 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 Bogard against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bogard
Is Bogard a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bogard ranks 34,653rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a stable housing market, and state finances, and lowest on noise and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bogard expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $129,165. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $78,621 median income, cost of living beats 60% of towns.
Is Bogard safe?
Bogard is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $456 per resident a year.
Compare Bogard with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bogard. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bogard 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.
Bogard detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bogard: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bogard: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bogard: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bogard: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bogard 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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