Best PlacesBonnots Mill, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bonnots Mill, 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.
Bonnots Mill ranks 29,563rd 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 Bonnots Mill
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.
Bonnots Mill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bonnots Mill ranks high
- Cheap childcare$488 a month, better than 93% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 84% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 80% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 76% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 74% of towns
Where Bonnots Mill ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 16% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bonnots Mill
A household needs to earn about $61,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bonnots Mill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,908, 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 Bonnots Mill's effective rate of 0.53%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bonnots Mill
Bonnots Mill runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bonnots Mill.
Who works in Bonnots Mill, and how
Work in Bonnots Mill centers on public administration and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Bonnots Mill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bonnots Mill.
What the weather is like in Bonnots Mill, month by month
Bonnots Mill sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 25° |
| April | 71° | 57° | 46° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Bonnots Mill
The nearest airport, Columbia Regional, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 87 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bonnots Mill
Schools across Bonnots Mill average a B−, better than 57% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fatima Elem.B+ · 52% proficient
- Osage Co. Elem.B− · 40% proficient
- Callaway Hills Elem.C · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lewis And Clark MiddleC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Jefferson City HighB+ · 52% proficient
- Chamois HighB · 47% proficient
- Fatima HighC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bonnots Mill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bonnots Mill 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 Bonnots Mill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bonnots Mill
Is Bonnots Mill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bonnots Mill ranks 29,563rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, what local pay buys, and civic engagement, and lowest on noise and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bonnots Mill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $241,624. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $78,908 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Bonnots Mill safe?
Bonnots Mill is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $376 per resident a year.
Compare Bonnots Mill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bonnots Mill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bonnots Mill 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.
Bonnots Mill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bonnots Mill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bonnots Mill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bonnots Mill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bonnots Mill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bonnots Mill 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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