Best PlacesCedar Hill Lakes, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cedar Hill Lakes, 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.
Cedar Hill Lakes ranks 34,482nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Long commutes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Cedar Hill Lakes
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.
Cedar Hill Lakes' strengths and weaknesses
Where Cedar Hill Lakes ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 69% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 68% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 68% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 64% of towns
Where Cedar Hill Lakes ranks low
- Short commute42.1 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 20% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cedar Hill Lakes
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cedar Hill Lakes home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,976, 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 Cedar Hill Lakes' effective rate of 0.75%, 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 Cedar Hill Lakes
Cedar Hill Lakes'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 Cedar Hill Lakes.
Who works in Cedar Hill Lakes, and how
Work in Cedar Hill Lakes centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Cedar Hill Lakes
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cedar Hill Lakes.
What the weather is like in Cedar Hill Lakes, month by month
Cedar Hill Lakes 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 Cedar Hill Lakes
St Louis Lambert International sits about 33 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 Cedar Hill Lakes
Schools across Cedar Hill Lakes average a C+, better than 47% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Nike Elem.B · 50% proficient
- Maple Grove Elem.B− · 43% proficient
- Grandview Elem.B− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Northwest Valley Sch.C+ · 37% proficient
- Hillsboro Middle Elem.C · 35% proficient
- Grandview MiddleC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Northwest HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Grandview HighC− · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cedar Hill Lakes school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cedar Hill Lakes 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 Cedar Hill Lakes against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cedar Hill Lakes
Is Cedar Hill Lakes a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cedar Hill Lakes ranks 34,482nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, a stable housing market, and big-city access, and lowest on long commutes and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cedar Hill Lakes expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $179,419. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $71,976 median income, cost of living beats 60% of towns.
Is Cedar Hill Lakes safe?
Cedar Hill Lakes is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $504 per resident a year.
Compare Cedar Hill Lakes with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cedar Hill Lakes. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cedar Hill Lakes 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.
Cedar Hill Lakes detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cedar Hill Lakes: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cedar Hill Lakes: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cedar Hill Lakes: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cedar Hill Lakes: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cedar Hill Lakes 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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