Best PlacesBrinktown, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brinktown, 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.
Brinktown ranks 44,249th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Brinktown
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.
Brinktown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Brinktown ranks high
- Cheap childcare$425 a month, better than 98% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 95% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 86% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 81% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
Where Brinktown ranks low
- Short commute43.1 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 13% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Brinktown
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brinktown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $52,489, 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 Brinktown's effective rate of 0.47%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Brinktown
Brinktown 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 Brinktown.
Who works in Brinktown, and how
Work in Brinktown centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Brinktown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Brinktown.
What the weather is like in Brinktown, month by month
Brinktown sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 32° | 24° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 68° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Brinktown
The nearest airport, Waynesville-St Robert Regional Forney Field, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 103 miles away.
The best schools in and around Brinktown
Schools across Brinktown average a C−, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dixon Elem.B− · 40% proficient
- Vienna Elem.D+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Maries Co. MiddleC− · 28% proficient
- Vienna MiddleD · 20% proficient
- Dixon MiddleD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Vienna HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Dixon HighD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brinktown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brinktown 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 Brinktown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Brinktown
Is Brinktown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brinktown ranks 44,249th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a strong job market, and civic engagement, and lowest on long commutes and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brinktown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $150,517. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $52,489 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is Brinktown safe?
Brinktown is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $565 per resident a year.
Compare Brinktown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brinktown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brinktown 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.
Brinktown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brinktown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brinktown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brinktown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brinktown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brinktown 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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