Best PlacesCarrollton, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Carrollton, 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.
Carrollton ranks 37,810th 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 Carrollton
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.
Carrollton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Carrollton ranks high
- Cheap childcare$439 a month, better than 98% of towns
- Short commute18.3 minutes each way, better than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 91% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 91% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 86% of towns
Where Carrollton ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Household income$54,533 median, better than only 18% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 22% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Carrollton
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Carrollton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,533, 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 Carrollton's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Carrollton
Carrollton's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Carrollton.
Who works in Carrollton, and how
Work in Carrollton centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Carrollton
Carrollton has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Carrollton and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Carrollton, month by month
Carrollton sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 39, 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 | 39° | 30° | 24° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 46° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Carrollton
Kansas City International sits about 66 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 Carrollton
Schools across Carrollton average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Brunswick Elem.B · 50% proficient
- Carrollton Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Norborne Elem.D+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Brunswick HighB · 50% proficient
- Bosworth HighB− · 42% proficient
- Carrollton Senior HighC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Carrollton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Carrollton 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 Carrollton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Carrollton
Is Carrollton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Carrollton ranks 37,810th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, short commutes, and civic engagement, and lowest on noise and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Carrollton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $121,044. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $54,533 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is Carrollton safe?
Carrollton is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $506 per resident a year.
Compare Carrollton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Carrollton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Carrollton 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.
Carrollton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Carrollton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Carrollton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Carrollton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Carrollton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Carrollton 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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