Best PlacesByrnes Mill, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Byrnes Mill, 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.
Byrnes Mill ranks 20,822nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Long commutes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on civic engagement.
The best neighborhoods in Byrnes 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.
Byrnes Mill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Byrnes Mill ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 85% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 82% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 80% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 76% of towns
- Household income$89,256 median, better than 76% of towns
Where Byrnes Mill ranks low
- Short commute38.2 minutes each way, better than only 8% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 9% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 21% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 70 pleasant days a year, better than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Byrnes Mill
A household needs to earn about $81,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Byrnes Mill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $89,256, 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 Byrnes Mill's effective rate of 0.86%, 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 Byrnes Mill
Byrnes Mill runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Byrnes Mill.
Who works in Byrnes Mill, and how
Work in Byrnes Mill centers on finance & insurance and professional & technical. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Byrnes Mill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Byrnes Mill.
What the weather is like in Byrnes Mill, month by month
Byrnes Mill sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 32° | 24° |
| April | 70° | 57° | 45° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Byrnes Mill
St Louis Lambert International sits about 24 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 7.5 million passengers in 2025, with 114 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Byrnes Mill
Schools across Byrnes Mill average a C+, better than 47% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Geggie Elem.A− · 56% proficient
- Cedar Springs Elem.B · 47% proficient
- House Springs Elem.C · 34% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lasalle Springs MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
- Northwest Valley Sch.C+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Eureka Sr. HighB · 50% proficient
- Rockwood Summit Sr. HighB · 50% proficient
- Northwest HighC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Byrnes Mill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Byrnes 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 Byrnes Mill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Byrnes Mill
Is Byrnes Mill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Byrnes Mill ranks 20,822nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, what local pay buys, and few empty homes, and lowest on long commutes and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Byrnes Mill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $308,638. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $89,256 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Byrnes Mill safe?
Yes, Byrnes Mill is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $267 per resident a year.
Compare Byrnes Mill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Byrnes Mill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Byrnes 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.
Byrnes Mill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Byrnes Mill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Byrnes Mill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Byrnes Mill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Byrnes Mill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Byrnes 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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