Best PlacesCadet, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cadet, 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.
Cadet ranks 42,740th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cadet
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.
Cadet's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cadet ranks high
- Cheap childcare$386 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 74% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 66% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 61% of towns
Where Cadet ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 55 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- Short commute37.9 minutes each way, better than only 8% of towns
- Household income$50,846 median, better than only 13% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 14% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cadet
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cadet home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,846, 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 Cadet'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, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cadet
Cadet's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cadet.
Who works in Cadet, and how
Work in Cadet centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Cadet
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cadet.
What the weather is like in Cadet, month by month
Cadet sees roughly 55 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 25° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 88° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Cadet
St Louis Lambert International sits about 56 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 Cadet
Schools across Cadet average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kingston Elem.A · 63% proficient
- Potosi Elem.B+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Trojan IntermediateB+ · 51% proficient
- Kingston MiddleC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Potosi HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Kingston HighC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cadet school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cadet 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 Cadet against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cadet
Is Cadet a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cadet ranks 42,740th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, low property taxes, and state finances, and lowest on the weather and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cadet expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $137,351. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $50,846 median income, cost of living beats 18% of towns.
Is Cadet safe?
Cadet is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $357 per resident a year.
Compare Cadet with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cadet. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cadet 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.
Cadet detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cadet: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cadet: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cadet: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cadet: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cadet 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.